Intrinsic histone-DNA interactions are not the major determinant of nucleosome positions in vivo

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 847-852

  Zhang, Yong ^a   Moqtaderi, Zarmik ^b   Rattner, Barbara P ^c   Euskirchen, Ghia ^d   Snyder, Michael ^d   Kadonaga, James T ^c   Liu, X Shirley ^a   Struhl, Kevin ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c SECTION OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; FUNGAL DNA; GENOMIC DNA; HISTONE; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

CHROMATIN; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, FUNGAL; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HISTONES; NUCLEOSOMES; PROTEIN BINDING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 68249142923     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.1636     Document Type: Article

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