DNA topology and transcription

Nucleus (United States)

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 195-202

  Kouzine, Fedor ^a   Levens, David ^a   Baranello, Laura ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA topoisomerases; DNA topological domain; DNA topology; Torsional stress; Transcription

Indexed keywords

COHESIN; DNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; HISTONE H2A; RNA POLYMERASE II; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CTCF; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IIH;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 84900873196     PISSN: 19491034     EISSN: 19491042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/nucl.28909     Document Type: Article

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