Chromatin Rearrangements in the prnD-prnB Bidirectional Promoter: Dependence on Transcription Factors

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 144-156

  García, Irene ^a,c   Gonzalez, Ramón ^a,d   Gómez, Dennis ^a,e   Scazzocchio, Claudio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

^c Universidad de Sevilla CSIC   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE FERMENTACIONES INDUSTRIALES CSIC   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; CARBON; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; HYDROXAMIC ACID; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; NITROGEN; PROLINE TRANSPORTER; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITOR; RNA; SPACER DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRICHOSTATIN A;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DIVISION; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METABOLISM; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOSOME; PRION; PROMOTER REGION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, NEUTRAL; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CARBON; CELL DIVISION; CHROMATIN; DNA, INTERGENIC; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTONE DEACETYLASES; HYDROXAMIC ACIDS; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; MODELS, GENETIC; NITROGEN; NUCLEOSOMES; PRIONS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; RNA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 1242300139     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.3.1.144-156.2004     Document Type: Article

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