Function and regulation of the Mediator complex

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 225-230

  Conaway, Ronald C ^a,b   Conaway, Joan Weliky ^a,b  

^a STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN C; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 8; MEDIATOR COMPLEX; RNA POLYMERASE II;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; YEAST;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MEDIATOR COMPLEX; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA POLYMERASE II; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 79953162883     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2011.01.013     Document Type: Review

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