A three-step pathway of transcription initiation leading to promoter clearance at an activated RNA polymerase II promoter

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1614-1621

  Jiang, Ying ^a,b   Yan, Ming ^a   Gralla, Jay D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RNA SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 0029865796     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.16.4.1614     Document Type: Article

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