Nucleosomes and the accessibility problem

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 487-492

  Wang, Xin ^a   Bai, Lu ^b   Bryant, Gene O ^a   Ptashne, Mark ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REGULATOR PROTEIN;

DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REVIEW; YEAST;

NUCLEOSOMES; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 81055155906     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2011.09.001     Document Type: Review

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