Analysis of distant communication on defined chromatin templates in vitro

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 543, Issue , 2009, Pages 563-576

  Polikanov, Yury S ^a   Studitsky, Vasily M ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Enhancer; Nucleosome; Promoter; Transcription

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA;

BUFFER; DNA; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; PRIMER DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DNA TEMPLATE; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENHANCER REGION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NUCLEOSOME; PROMOTER REGION;

ANIMALS; BUFFERS; CHICKENS; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NUCLEOSOMES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA; TEMPLATES, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 67649119962     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-015-1_33     Document Type: Article

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