TTF-I determines the chromatin architecture of the active rDNA promoter

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3135-3145

  Längst, Gernot ^a,b   Becker, Peter B ^b   Grummt, Ingrid ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Nucleosome remodeling; RNA polymerase I; Transcription activation; TTF I

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0342669896     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.11.3135     Document Type: Article

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