RNA polymerase III transcription from the human U6 and adenovirus type 2 VAI promoters has different requirements for human BRF, a subunit of human TFIIIB

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 7031-7042

  Mital, Renu ^a   Kobayashi, Ryuji ^a   Hernandez, Nouria ^a,b  

^a Watson School of Biological Sciences   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFER RNA;

ADENOVIRUS 2; ARTICLE; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS GENE;

ADENOVIRIDAE; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS TYPE 2; MAMMALIA; RNA VIRUSES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0029909496     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.12.7031     Document Type: Article

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