Actin is part of pre-initiation complexes and is necessary for transcription by RNA polymerase II

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1094-1101

  Hofmann, Wilma A ^a   Stojiljkovic, Ljuba ^a   Fuchsova, Beata ^a   Vargas, Gabriela M ^a   Mavrommatis, Evangelos ^a   Philimonenko, Vlada ^b   Kysela, Katarina ^b   Goodrich, James A ^c   Lessard, James L ^d   Hope, Thomas J ^a   Hozak, Pavel ^b   de Lanerolle, Primal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d CINCINNATI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALPHA ACTIN; ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTIBODY; BETA ACTIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ACTINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEINS; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 7944239067     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb1182     Document Type: Article

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