Rpo26p, a subunit common to yeast RNA polymerases, is essential for the assembly of RNA polymerases I and II and for the stability of the largest subunits of these enzymes

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 5985-5996

  Nouraini, Shahrzad ^a,b,c   Archambault, Jacques ^a,d   Friesen, James D ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM CANADA LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; POLYPEPTIDE; RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; GENE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; YEAST;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0029808168     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.11.5985     Document Type: Article

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