Factor requirements for transcription in the Archaeon Sulfolobus shibatae

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2927-2936

  Qureshi, Sohail A ^b   Bell, Stephen D ^b   Jackson, Stephen P ^a  

^a WELLCOME CRC INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaea; RNA polymerase; TBP; TFB; Transcription

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; POLYPEPTIDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II; TATA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; SULFOLOBUS; TATA-BOX BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFIIB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; SUGARCANE STREAK VIRUS; SULFOLOBUS SHIBATAE;

EID: 0030974754     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.10.2927     Document Type: Article

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