Characterization of human RNA polymerase III identifies orthologues for Saccharomyces cerevisiae RNA polymerase III subunits

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 8044-8055

  Hu, Ping ^a   Wu, Si ^a   Sun, Yuling ^a   Yuan, Chih Chi ^a   Kobayashi, Ryuji ^a   Myers, Michael P ^a   Hernandez, Nouria ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; FUNGAL ENZYME; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0036841289     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.22.22.8044-8055.2002     Document Type: Article

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