Functional analysis of the novel C-terminal domains of S. pombe transcription factor IIIA

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 331, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 321-330

  Schulman, Deborah B ^a   Setzer, David R ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

5 S rRNA; S. pombe; TFIIIA; Transcription; Zinc finger

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA; SPACER DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA BINDING; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; WILD TYPE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES POMBE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0042349636     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00730-7     Document Type: Article

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