DNA binding domain and subunit interactions of transcription factor IIIC revealed by dissection with poliovirus 3C protease

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 4163-4171

  Shen, Yuhong ^a   Igo, Megan ^b   Yalamanchili, Padmaja ^b   Berk, Arnold J ^a   Dasgupta, Asim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RNA GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 0030010748     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.8.4163     Document Type: Article

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