Isolation and characterization of the Schizosaccharomyces pombe gene encoding transcript elongation factor TFIIS

Yeast

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 227-236

  Williams, Laura A ^a   Kane, Caroline M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

6 azauracil; Fission yeast; Schizosaccharomyces pombe; SII; TFIIS; Transcription elongation

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENES, FUNGAL; GUANINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS, GENERAL; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ELONGATION FACTORS; URACIL;

EID: 0029979548     PISSN: 0749503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0061(19960315)12:3<227::AID-YEA905>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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