Cloning and characterization of the β subunit of human proximal sequence element-binding transcription factor and its involvement in transcription of small nuclear RNA genes by RNA polymerases II and III

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 5419-5426

  Bai, Lin ^a   Wang, Zhengxin ^a   Yoon, Jong Bok ^a,b   Roeder, Robert G ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; RNA POLYMERASE II; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; TATA BOX;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0029810303     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.16.10.5419     Document Type: Article

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