Nucleosome displacement in transcription

Genes and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 2009-2017

  Workman, Jerry L ^a  

^a STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Histone; Nucleosome; Transcription; Transcription elongation; Transcription initiation

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CHAPERONE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ELONGATION FACTOR; ELONGATION FACTOR SPT6; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEIN; HISTONE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; HISTONE H2A; HISTONE H2B; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; METHYLTRANSFERASE; NUA4 ENZYME; NUCLEOPLASMIN; PROTEIN ANTI SILENCING FUNCTION 1; PROTEIN CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY FACTOR 1; PROTEIN HISTONE REGULATORY; PROTEIN NUCLEOSOME ASSEMBLY PROTEIN 1; PROTEIN P300; PROTEIN SWI; RAP1 PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II; RPD3S ENZYME; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR REB1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SAGA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA HISTONE INTERACTION; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE SILENCING; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN VARIANT; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; NUCLEOSOMES; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ELONGATION FACTORS;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 33746641324     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1435706     Document Type: Review

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