Gene organization and protein sequence of the small subunits of schizosaccharomyces pombe RNA polymerase II

Gene

Volumn 196, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 165-174

  Sakurai, Hitomi ^a   Ishihama, Akira ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fission yeast; Gene organization; RNA polymerase; Subunit structure

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE II;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE STRUCTURE; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA POLYMERASE II; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0030880520     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00222-9     Document Type: Article

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