A model for transcription initiation in human mitochondria

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 3726-3735

  Morozov, Yaroslav I ^a   Parshin, Andrey V ^a   Agaronyan, Karen ^a   Cheung, Alan C M ^b   Anikin, Michael ^a   Cramer, Patrick ^c   Temiakov, Dmitry ^a  

^a UMDNJ School of Osteopathic Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; INITIATION FACTOR; MITOCHONDRIAL TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR A; PROTEIN TFB2M; RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METABOLISM;

HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84930623999     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv235     Document Type: Article

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