Functional interchangeability of TFIIIB components from yeast and human cells in vitro

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 4708-4716

  Teichmann, Martin ^a   Dieci, Giorgio ^b,c   Huet, Janine ^b   Rüth, Jochen ^b,d   Sentenac, André ^b   Seifart, Klaus H ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES INTERNATIONALES SERVIER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Human; Pol III; TFIIIB; Transcription; Yeast

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EUKARYOTE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; DNA POLYMERASE III; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MUTATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TATA-BOX BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFIIIB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030849870     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.15.4708     Document Type: Article

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