Regulation of histone gene expression in budding yeast

Genetics

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-20

  Eriksson, Peter R ^a   Ganguli, Dwaipayan ^a   Nagarajavel, V ^a   Clark, David J ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; HISTONE; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE H1; HISTONE H2A; HISTONE H2AZ; HISTONE H2B; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; PROTEIN MBF; PROTEIN SBF; PROTEIN SPT 10; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL DIVISION; CHROMATIN; DNA BINDING; DNA DAMAGE CHECKPOINT; DNA REPLICATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPLICATION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HISTONES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 84860573339     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 19432631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.112.140145     Document Type: Review

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