Revealing the functions of TFIIB

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Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 254-257

  Weinzierl, Robert O J ^a   Wiesler, Simone C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automation; High throughput mutagenesis; RNA polymerase; TFIIB; Transcription initiation

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; RNA POLYMERASE; SINGLE STRANDED RNA; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IIB;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA TEMPLATE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROCESS MODEL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; ROBOTICS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ARCHAEA;

EID: 84855181245     PISSN: 21541264     EISSN: 21541272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/trns.2.6.18076     Document Type: Article

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