Transcription of the Schizosaccharomyces pombe U2 gene in vivo and in vitro is directed by two essential promoter elements

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2003-2011

  Zhou, Dewang ^a   Lobo Ruppert, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL EXTRACT; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; POLYPEPTIDE; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA;

ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; TATA BOX;

FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA; METAZOA; MYXOGASTRIA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0035872870     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/29.10.2003     Document Type: Article

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