Amino acid substitutions in the caenorhabditis elegans rna polymerase ii large subunit ama-1/ rpb-1 that result in a-amanitin resistance and/or reduced function

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 411-416

  Bowman, Elizabeth Anne ^a,b   Riddle, Donald L ^a,b   Kelly, William ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

A amanitin; AMA 1 RPB 1; Caenorhabditis; Elegans; RNA polymerase II

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874958024     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21601836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/g3.111.000968     Document Type: Article

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