NoRC-dependent nucleosome positioning silences rRNA genes

EMBO Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 5735-5741

  Li, Junwei ^a   Längst, Gernot ^b   Grummt, Ingrid ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Differentiation; NoRC; Nucleosome positioning; RNA polymerase I; TIP5

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN NORC; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DOWN REGULATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE MAPPING; GENE SILENCING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA GENE; SILENT GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

3T3-L1 CELLS; ADIPOCYTES; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOME POSITIONING; GENE SILENCING; GENES, RRNA; MICE; NIH 3T3 CELLS; NUCLEOSOMES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

MURINAE;

EID: 33845707730     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601454     Document Type: Article

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