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Transcriptional Regulation

Recruitment of the Nucleolar Remodeling Complex NoRC Establishes Ribosomal DNA Silencing in Chromatin

Ralf Strohner1 Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, CambridgeCB2-1GA, United Kingdom
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Attila Németh1 Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, CambridgeCB2-1GA, United Kingdom
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Karl P. Nightingale2 German Cancer Research Center, Division of Molecular Biology of the Cell II, INF 280, 69120Heidelberg, Germany
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Ingrid Grummt3 Adolf-Butenandt-Institut, Molekularbiologie, Ludwig Maximilians Universität, 80336Munich
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Peter B. Becker1 Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, CambridgeCB2-1GA, United Kingdom
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Gernot Längst1 Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, CambridgeCB2-1GA, United KingdomCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 1791-1798 | Received 30 May 2003, Accepted 17 Nov 2003, Published online: 27 Mar 2023

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