Synthetic enhancement of a TFIIB defect by a mutation in SSU72, an essential yeast gene encoding a novel protein that affects transcription start site selection in vivo

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1557-1566

  Sun, Zu Wen ^a,b   Hampsey, Michael ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0029978328     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.4.1557     Document Type: Article

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