Architecture of the yeast RNA polymerase II open complex and regulation of activity by TFIIF

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 12-25

  Fishburn, James ^a   Hahn, Steven ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE II; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IIB;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DENATURATION; HETERODUPLEX ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; RAT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; AMINOHYDROLASES; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PYROPHOSPHATASES; RNA POLYMERASE II; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TATA-BOX BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFIIB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS, TFII; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84856781205     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: 10985549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.06242-11     Document Type: Article

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