Molecular mechanisms of transcription through a nucleosome by RNA polymerase II

Molecular Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 655-667

  Kulaeva, O I ^a,b   Malyuchenko, N V ^b   Nikitin, D V ^b,c   Demidenko, A V ^b,d   Chertkov, O V ^b   Efimova, N S ^b   Kirpichnikov, M P ^b   Studitsky, V M ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c SKRYABIN INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

^d TIMIRYAZEV INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

chromatin; FACT; nucleosomal barrier; nucleosome; RNA polymerase II; transcription

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885651988     PISSN: 00268933     EISSN: 16083245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0026893313050099     Document Type: Review

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