Positioned and G/C-capped poly(dA:dT) tracts associate with the centers of nucleosome-free regions in yeast promoters

Genome Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 473-484

  Wu, Randy ^a   Li, Hao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLY(DEOXYADENYLATE DEOXYTHYMIDYLATE);

ARTICLE; CAPPING PHENOMENON; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; DNA, FUNGAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE ORDER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEOSOMES; POLY DA-DT; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA CAPS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEASTS;

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 77950686989     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.103226.109     Document Type: Article

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