Transcription initiation in Archaea: Facts, factors and future aspects

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1295-1305

  Soppa, Jörg ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0033052407     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01273.x     Document Type: Review

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