Mechanisms of transcription complex assembly

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 303-311

  Pugh, B Franklin ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; GENE ACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0029889191     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(96)80002-0     Document Type: Article

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