In vivo mapping of Arabidopsis scaffold/matrix attachment regions reveals link to nucleosome-disfavoring poly(dA:dT) tracts

Plant Cell

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 102-120

  Pascuzzi, Pete E ^a,c   Flores Vergara, Miguel A ^a,d   Lee, Tae Jin ^a   Sosinski, Bryon ^a   Vaughn, Matthew W ^b   Hanley Bowdoin, Linda ^a   Thompson, William F ^a   Allen, George C ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CHROMATIN; NUCLEOSOME; POLY(DEOXYADENYLATE DEOXYTHYMIDYLATE); TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARABIDOPSIS; CHROMATIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MATRIX ATTACHMENT REGION; METABOLISM; NUCLEOSOME; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIF; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHROMATIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MATRIX ATTACHMENT REGIONS; NUCLEOSOMES; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIFS; POLY DA-DT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84896818529     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.113.121194     Document Type: Article

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