Rpc19 and Rpc40, two α-like subunits shared by nuclear RNA polymerases I and III, are interchangeable between the fission and budding yeasts

Current Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 208-214

  Shpakovski, George V ^a   Shematorova, Elena K ^a  

^a SHEMYAKIN OVCHINNIKOV INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

motif; Nuclear RNA polymerases I and III; rpcl9+ and rpc40+ genes; Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III;

ARTICLE; DNA LIBRARY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE ISOLATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA POLYMERASE I; RNA POLYMERASE III; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0032878008     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050492     Document Type: Article

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