Identification of novel genes encoding transcription elongation factor TFIIS (TCEA) in vertebrates: Conservation of three distinct TFIIS isoforms in frog, mouse, and human

Genomics

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 278-288

  Labhart, Paul ^a,b   Morgan, Garry T ^b  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR 2; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032531257     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1998.5449     Document Type: Article

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