The general transcription factors IIA, IIB, IIF, and IIE are required for RNA polymerase II transcription from the human U1 small nuclear RNA promoter

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 2130-2141

  Kuhlman, T C ^a,b   Cho, H ^c   Reinberg, D ^c   Hernandez, N ^b,c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA GENE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ADENOVIRIDAE; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS TYPE 2;

EID: 0033027728     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.19.3.2130     Document Type: Article

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