Identification of an autonomously initiating RNA polymerase III holoenzyme containing a novel factor that is selectively inactivated during protein synthesis inhibition

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 2371-2382

  Wang, Zhengxin ^a   Luo, Ting ^b   Roeder, Robert G ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stuyvesant High School   (United States)

Author keywords

Holoenzyme; RNA polymerase III; Transcription

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; INITIATION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA GENE; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

ADENOVIRIDAE;

EID: 0030931573     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.18.2371     Document Type: Article

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