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Christian Dienemann1, Björn Schwalb1, Sandra Schilbach1

  • 1Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Department of Molecular Biology, Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.

Molecular Cell
|November 26, 2018
PubMed

Keywords:
ATPaseDNA meltingRNA polymerase IISsl2Transcription initiationXPBgene regulationpromoter DNA openingpromoter sequence motifstranslocase

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