Purines are required at the 5' ends of newly initiated RNAs for optimal RNA polymerase III gene expression

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 5801-5810

  Zecherle, G Nick ^a   Whelen, Sally ^a   Hall, Benjamin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III;

ARTICLE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; GENE REPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SUPPRESSOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0029837734     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.10.5801     Document Type: Article

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