Evidence implicating Ku antigen as a structural factor in RNA polymerase II-mediated transcription

Gene

Volumn 302, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 53-64

  Bertinato, Jesse ^a   Tomlinson, Julianna J ^a   Schild Poulter, Caroline ^b   Haché, Robert J G ^a,b  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ku70; Ku80; Promoter; Transcription; Yeast

Indexed keywords

DIMER; HOLOENZYME; KU ANTIGEN; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HYBRID; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; NONHUMAN; ONCOVIRINAE; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; YEAST;

EID: 0037413699     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378111902010892     Document Type: Article

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