BRCA1 protein is linked to the RNA polymerase II holoenzyme complex via RNA helicase A

Nature Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 254-256

  Anderson, Stephen F ^a   Schlegel, Brian P ^a   Nakajima, Toshihiro ^b,c   Wolpin, Eric S ^a   Parvin, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; RNA HELICASE; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BREAST CANCER; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA BINDING; IMMUNOBLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RABBIT; RETICULOCYTE LYSATE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; BRCA1 PROTEIN; COENZYMES; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MUTAGENESIS; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA HELICASES; RNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0031830844     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/930     Document Type: Article

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