Two distinct domains in staf to selectively activate small nuclear RNA- type and mRNA promoters

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2650-2658

  Schuster, Catherine ^a   Krol, Alain ^a   Carbon, Philippe ^a  

^a INST DE BIOL MOLEC ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0031921255     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.5.2650     Document Type: Article

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