Paf1p, an RNA polymerase II-associated factor in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, may have both positive and negative roles in transcription

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 669-676

  Shi, Xiaoming ^a   Finkelstein, Ann ^b   Wolf, Alexander J ^a   Wade, Paul A ^a   Burton, Zachary F ^b   Jaehning, Judith A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; FUNGAL DNA; GALACTOSE; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030045412     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.2.669     Document Type: Article

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