Nucleosomal fluctuations govern the transcription dynamics of RNA polymerase II

Science

Volumn 325, Issue 5940, 2009, Pages 626-628

  Hodges, Courtney ^a   Bintu, Lacramioara ^a   Lubkowska, Lucyna ^b   Kashlev, Mikhail ^b   Bustamante, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE; RNA POLYMERASE II;

CHROMOSOME; DNA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION; RNA;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DENSITY; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; EUKARYOTE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY;

BASE PAIRING; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; DIFFUSION; DNA; HISTONES; MODELS, GENETIC; NUCLEOSOMES; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TEMPLATES, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 68149120313     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1172926     Document Type: Article

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