Chromatin as an essential part of the transcriptional mechanism.

doi:10.1038/355219a0

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Chromatin as an essential part of the transcriptional mechanism.

Nature - 16 Jan 1992

Felsenfeld G

Abstract excerpt

The increasingly detailed biochemical definition of the protein complexes that regulate gene transcription has led to the re-emergence of questions about the role of histones. Much recent evidence suggests that transcriptional activation requires that transcription factors successfully compete wi...

Topics

Animals
Chromatin
Histones
Mutation
Nucleosomes
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Transcription Factors
Transcription, Genetic

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