Transcription elongation factor SII

BioEssays

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 327-336

  Wind, Megan ^a   Reines, Daniel ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENERAL TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ISOPROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR S II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR S-II;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS, GENERAL; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ELONGATION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034006399     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(200004)22:4<327::AID-BIES3>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Review

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