Three transitions in the RNA polymerase II transcription complex during initiation

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 7468-7480

  Holstege, Frank C P ^a,b   Fiedler, Ulrike ^a   Timmers, H Th Marc ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE DERIVATIVE; DNA; HELICASE; MESSENGER RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ADENOVIRUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; RNA SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; DNA HELICASES; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; KINETICS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA, VIRAL; TEMPLATES, GENETIC; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFIIH; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS, TFII; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031463993     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.24.7468     Document Type: Article

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