DNA dynamics play a role as a basal transcription factor in the positioning and regulation of gene transcription initiation

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1790-1795

  Alexandrov, Boian S ^a   Gelev, Vladimir ^b   Yoo, Sang Wook ^b   Alexandrov, Ludmil B ^b   Fukuyo, Yayoi ^b   Bishop, Alan R ^a   Rasmussen, Kim Ø ^a   Usheva, Anny ^b  

^a CENTER FOR NONLINEAR STUDIES   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HELA CELL; METABOLISM; MUTATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 77951240891     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp1084     Document Type: Article

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