Transcription factor UAF, expansion and contraction of ribosomal DNA (rDNA) repeats, and RNA polymerase switch in transcription of yeast rDNA

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 8559-8569

  Oakes, Melanie ^a   Siddiqi, Imran ^a   Vu, Loan ^a   Aris, John ^b   Nomura, Masayasu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UPSTREAM ACTIVATION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE MUTATION; MEIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0033513543     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.19.12.8559     Document Type: Article

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