Interplay of positive and negative regulators in transcription initiation by RNA polymerase II holoenzyme

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 4455-4462

  Lee, Tong Ihn ^b   Wyrick, John J ^b   Koh, Sang Seok ^b   Jennings, Ezra G ^b   Gadbois, Ellen L ^b   Young, Richard A ^a  

^a WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPPRESSOR GENE; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; YEAST;

EID: 0000584521     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.8.4455     Document Type: Article

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