Transcription through chromatin: Understanding a complex FACT

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Structure and Expression

Volumn 1677, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 87-99

  Belotserkovskaya, Rimma ^a   Saunders, Abbie ^b   Lis, John T ^b   Reinberg, Danny ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; FACT; Transcription

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; DIMER; DNA; GENOMIC DNA; HISTONE; RNA POLYMERASE II;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TEMPLATE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; DYNAMICS; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; HISTONES; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; NUCLEOSOMES; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ELONGATION FACTORS;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 1542298303     PISSN: 01674781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbaexp.2003.09.017     Document Type: Review

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