A minimal RNA polymerase III transcription system

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 5042-5051

  Kassavetis, George A ^b   Letts, Garth A ^a   Geiduschek, E Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

B'; Brf; RNA polymerase III; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Transcription initiation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RNA POLYMERASE II; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SUPERCOILING; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOLOENZYMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; RNA POLYMERASE III; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFIIIB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0033568640     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.18.5042     Document Type: Article

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