An RNA-based transcription activator derived from an inhibitory aptamer

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2378-2386

  Wang, Shengchun ^a   Shepard, Jason R E ^a   Shi, Hua ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTAMER; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IIB; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA TEMPLATE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

APTAMERS, NUCLEOTIDE; BASE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFIIB; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 77952318312     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp1227     Document Type: Article

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