The mediator of RNA polymerase II

Chromosoma

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 399-408

  Blazek, Erik ^a   Mittler, Gerhard ^b   Meisterernst, Michael ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 7; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 8; GENERAL TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RNA POLYMERASE II; TATA BINDING PROTEIN ASSOCIATED FACTOR; TATA BINDING PROTEIN RELATED FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ELK 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GCN4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IIA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IIB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IIH;

CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; EUKARYOTE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 15444378316     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00412-005-0329-5     Document Type: Review

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