Mechanisms by which transcription factors gain access to target sequence elements in chromatin

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 116-123

  Guertin, Michael J ^a,b   Lis, John T ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; HISTONE; POLY(DEOXYADENYLATE DEOXYTHYMIDYLATE); TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CPG ISLAND; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOMICS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REVIEW; YEAST;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENOME; HISTONES; NUCLEOSOMES; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIFS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84877836392     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: 18790380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2012.11.008     Document Type: Review

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