Regulation of gene expression by nucleosomes

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 164-170

  Svaren, John ^a   Hörz, Wolfram ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HISTONE; HISTONE H1; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DROSOPHILA; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; YEAST;

EID: 0342936465     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(96)80046-3     Document Type: Article

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