hTFIIIB-β stably binds to pol II promoters and recruits RNA polymerase III in a hTFIIIC1 dependent way

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 284, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-20

  Kober, Ingo ^a   Teichmann, Martin ^a,b   Seifart, Klaus H ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

hTFIIIB ; pol II; pol III; TATA box; TFIIIC1

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; CHICKEN OVALBUMIN UPSTREAM PROMOTER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; HEPARIN; HISTONE H5;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA BINDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 0032553335     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2165     Document Type: Article

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