Human TFIIIC relieves chromatin-mediated repression of RNA polymerase III transcription and contains an intrinsic histone acetyltransferase activity

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 1605-1615

  Kundu, Tapas K ^a   Wang, Zhengxin ^a   Roeder, Robert G ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HYDROXYMERCURIBENZOIC ACID; RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEOSOME; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032907345     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.19.2.1605     Document Type: Article

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