Eukaryotic Transcription Regulation: Getting to the Heart of the Matter: Commentary on Mediator Architecture and RNA Polymerase II Function by Plaschka et al

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 428, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 2575-2580

  Malik, Sohail ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abbreviations Pol II RNA polymerase II; CTD C terminal domain; EM electron microscopy; PIC preinitiation complex

Indexed keywords

MEDIATOR COMPLEX; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; EUKARYOTE; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS;

EUKARYOTA; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MEDIATOR COMPLEX; RNA POLYMERASE II;

EID: 84974806738     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: 10898638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2016.04.001     Document Type: Note

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