A novel subunit of yeast RNA polymerase III interacts with the TFIIB- related domain of TFIIIB70

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 488-495

  Ferri, Maria Laura ^a,b   Peyroche, Gérald ^a   Siaut, Magali ^a   Lefebvre, Olivier ^a   Carles, Christophe ^a   Conesa, Christine ^a   Sentenac, André ^a  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, ESSENTIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PRECIPITIN TESTS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA POLYMERASE III; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFIIIB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033970934     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.20.2.488-495.2000     Document Type: Article

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