A carboxy-terminal basic region controls RNA polymerase III transcription factor activity of human la protein

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 5823-5832

  Goodier, John L ^a   Fan, Hao ^a   Maraia, Richard J ^a,b  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b Building 6 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; RNA BINDING; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030764687     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.10.5823     Document Type: Article

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