Subunit composition of RNA polymerase II from the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Gene

Volumn 180, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 63-67

  Sakurai, Hitomi ^a   Miyao, Takenori ^a,b   Ishihama, Akira ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

polII; Protein assembly; Protein microsequencing; Transcription

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ARTICLE; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

BINDING SITES; CATALYSIS; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RNA POLYMERASE II; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

PROKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SACCHAROMYCETALES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0030597371     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00406-4     Document Type: Article

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