Determinants of nucleosome positioning

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 267-273

  Struhl, Kevin ^a   Segal, Eran ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; RNA POLYMERASE II; TATA BINDING PROTEIN;

DNA SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; NUCLEOSOMES; POLY DA-DT; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; YEASTS;

EID: 84875196326     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2506     Document Type: Review

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