The Med proteins of yeast and their function through the RNA polymerase II carboxy-terminal domain

Genes and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-54

  Myers, Lawrence C ^a   Gustafsson, Claes M ^a   Bushnell, David A ^a   Lui, Mary ^b   Erdjument Bromage, Hediye ^b   Tempst, Paul ^b   Kornberg, Roger D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CTD; RNA polymerase II holoenzyme; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Transcription

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE II;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; MEDIATOR RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REPRESSOR GENE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; YEAST;

ANIMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031881688     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.12.1.45     Document Type: Article

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