Activation mutants in yeast RNA polymerase II subunit RPB3 provide evidence for a structurally conserved surface required for activation in eukaryotes and bacteria

Genes and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 339-348

  Tan, Qian ^a   Linask, K Liisi ^a   Ebright, Richard H ^b   Woychik, Nancy A ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Subunit; Activation; RNA polymerase; Transcription

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RNA POLYMERASE II;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EUKARYOTE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RNA POLYMERASE II; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0034142357     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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