A transcriptional mediator protein that is required for activation of many RNA polymerase II promoters and is conserved from yeast to humans

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 4622-4632

  Lee, Young Chul ^a   Min, Soyoung ^a   Gim, Byung Soo ^a   Kim, Young Joon ^a  

^a Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0001448546     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.8.4622     Document Type: Article

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