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Transcriptional Regulation

Activation Domain-Specific and General Transcription Stimulation by Native Histone Acetyltransferase Complexes

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Pages 855-863 | Received 22 Apr 1998, Accepted 23 Sep 1998, Published online: 28 Mar 2023

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