Structure and function of ribosomal RNA gene chromatin

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 619-624

  Birch, Joanna L ^a   Zomerdijk, Joost C B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Chromatin remodelling; Nucleosome; Ribosomal DNA (rDNA); RNA polymerase I; rRNA gene; Transcription

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; GENOMIC DNA; HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN 1; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 1; HISTONE H2A; HISTONE H2B; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NUCLEOLIN; NUCLEOPHOSMIN; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II; TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IIH;

CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME NOR; DNA CROSS LINKING; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE SILENCING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; YEAST;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 49349108776     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0360619     Document Type: Review

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