The Yeast Mediator

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 129-136

  Björklund, Stefan ^a   Buzaite, Odeta ^a   Hallberg, Magnus ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Holoenzyme; Mediator; Regulation; RNA Polymerase II; Transcription

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ANIMAL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; MACROMOLECULE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; YEAST;

ANIMALS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RNA POLYMERASE II; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; YEASTS;

EID: 0035972174     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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