Rpb7 can interact with RNA polymerase II and support transcription during some stresses independently of Rpb4

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 2672-2680

  Sheffer, Ayelet ^a   Varon, Mazal ^a   Choder, Mordechai ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE II;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; STRESS; YEAST;

EID: 0032963268     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.19.4.2672     Document Type: Article

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