A 14-kDa Arabidopsis thaliana RNA polymerase III subunit contains two α-motifs flanked by a highly charged C terminus

Gene

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 211-215

  Larkin, Rob M ^a   Guilfoyle, Tom J ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0029891915     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00030-3     Document Type: Article

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