Activator-specific requirement of yeast mediator proteins for RNA polymerase II transcriptional activation

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 979-988

  Han, Sang Jun ^a   Lee, Young Chul ^a,c   Gim, Byung Soo ^a   Ryu, Gi Hyuck ^a   Park, Soon Jung ^a,d   Lane, William S ^b   Kim, Young Joon ^a  

^a Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^d Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0013592684     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.19.2.979     Document Type: Article

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