Transcription by RNA polymerase III: More complex than we thought

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 459-463

  White, Robert J ^a  

^a BEATSON INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; HISTONE;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROL SYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHORT INTERSPERSED REPEAT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES; HISTONES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA POLYMERASE III; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 79959373574     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: 14710064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg3001     Document Type: Article

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