Analyses of promoter-proximal pausing by RNA polymerase II on the hsp70 heat shock gene promoter in a Drosophila nuclear extract

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 5433-5443

  Li, Baiyong ^a   Weber, Janet A ^a   Chen, Yan ^b   Greenleaf, Arno L ^b   Gilmour, David S ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMANITIN; CELL EXTRACT; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HISTONE H3; PERMANGANATE POTASSIUM; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; ENZYME KINETICS; HEAT SHOCK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029791353     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.10.5433     Document Type: Article

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