The basics of basal transcription by RNA polymerase II

Cell

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 1-3

  Buratowski, Stephen ^a  

^a WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0028291252     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(94)90226-7     Document Type: Short Survey

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