Archaeal transcription factors and their role in transcription initiation

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 159-171

  Thomm, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archaea; Phylogeny; TATA box; TATA binding protein; Transcription; Transcription factor IIB

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; NONHUMAN; PHYTOGENESIS; PROMOTER REGION; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ARCHAEA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0029887361     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-6445(96)00009-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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