TATA-box DNA binding activity and subunit composition of RNA polymerase III transcription factor IIIB from Xenopus laevis

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 4639-4647

  Mcbryant, Steven J ^a   Meier, Eva ^a   Leresche, Anne ^a,b   Sharp, Steven J ^a,c   Wolf, Veronica J ^a,d   Gottesfeld, Joel M ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c JOHNSON AND JOHNSON PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; DNA; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; POLYPEPTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; DNA BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; TATA BOX; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0029762162     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.16.9.4639     Document Type: Article

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