Faithful in vitro transcription by fission yeast RNA polymerase III reveals unique α-amanitin sensitivity

Gene Expression

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 165-174

  Rödicker, Florian ^a   Ossenbühl, Friedrich ^a   Michels, Diemo ^a,b   Benecke, Bernd Joachim ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amanitin sensitivity; 75 L RNA; Cell free extract; RNA polymerase III transcription; Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMANITIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; RNA; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SPHEROPLAST;

AMANITINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA POLYMERASE III; RNA, SMALL CYTOPLASMIC; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0033376852     PISSN: 10522166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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