The mapping of nucleosomes and regulatory protein binding sites at the Saccharomyces cerevisiae MFA2 gene: A high resolution approach

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 29, Issue 13, 2020, Pages

  Teng, Yumin ^a   Yu, Shirong ^a   Waters, Raymond ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; A MATING FACTOR; A-MATING FACTOR; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; FUNGAL RNA; LIPOPROTEIN; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA PROBE; EXTRACTION; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; ISOTOPE LABELING; MFA2 GENE; MICROCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOSOME; OPERATOR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CYTOLOGY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TRANSACTIVATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA PROBES; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE SILENCING; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; LIPOPROTEINS; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NUCLEOSOMES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 17744411393     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/29.13.e64     Document Type: Article

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