Modulation of differential transcription of tRNA genes through chromatin organization

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 391, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 371-381

  Parthasarthy, Akhila ^a   Gopinathan, Karumathil P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assay; Chromatin organization; Modulation; Nucleosome assembly; Transcription of tRNA genes

Indexed keywords

CELLS; DNA; ENZYMES; GENES; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

BOMBYX MORI; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION (CHIP) ASSAY; CHROMATIN ORGANIZATION; NUCLEOSOME ASSEMBLY; TRANSCRIPTION OF TRNA GENES;

RNA;

TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUKARYOTE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILKWORM; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BOMBYX; CELL LINE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NUCLEOSOMES; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA, TRANSFER, GLY; TEMPLATES, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFIIIB; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BOMBYX MORI; EUKARYOTA; MORUS (PLANT);

EID: 27444434578     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20050304     Document Type: Article

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