The RNA polymerase II machinery: Structure illuminates function

Cell

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 453-463

  Woychik, Nancy A ^a   Hampsey, Michael ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INITIATION FACTOR; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; EUKARYOTE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; RNA STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; YEAST;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0037154984     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(02)00646-3     Document Type: Review

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