TATA binding protein can stimulate core-directed transcription by yeast RNA polymerase I

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 5269-5275

  Aprikjan, Pavel ^a   Moorefield, Beth ^a   Reeder, Ronald H ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; TATA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; YEAST;

DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA POLYMERASE I; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TATA-BOX BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; YEASTS;

EID: 0033920034     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.20.14.5269-5275.2000     Document Type: Article

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