Zinc fingers 1 and 7 of yeast TFIIIA are essential for assembly of a functional transcription complex on the 5 S RNA gene

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 35, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 4869-4881

  Rothfels, Karen ^a   Rowland, Owen ^a,b   Segall, Jacqueline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; MUTANT PROTEIN; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; RNA 5S; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IIIA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IIIB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 1; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 2; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 3; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 4; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 5; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 6; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 7;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CELL VIABILITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA BINDING; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; FUNGUS MUTANT; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; WILD TYPE;

ALANINE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5S; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFIIIA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 34547889494     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm517     Document Type: Article

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