Cloning and characterization of two evolutionarily conserved subunits (TFIIIC102 and TFIIIC63) of human TFIIIC and their involvement in functional interactions with TFIIIB and RNA polymerase III

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 4944-4952

  Hsieh, Yng Ju ^a   Wang, Zhengxin ^a   Kovelman, Robert ^a,b   Roeder, Robert G ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IIIB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IIIC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033038711     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.19.7.4944     Document Type: Article

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