Transcription syndromes and the role of RNA polymerase II general transcription factors in human disease

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1561-1569

  Aso, Teijiro ^a   Shilatifard, Ali ^a   Conaway, Joan Weliky ^a   Conaway, Ronald C ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR; INITIATION FACTOR; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA SYNTHESIS; SYNDROME; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; VON HIPPEL LINDAU DISEASE;

EID: 0029912394     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI118580     Document Type: Review

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