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The hRPC62 subunit of human RNA polymerase III displays helicase activity

Leyla El Ayoubi1, Hélène Dumay-Odelot1, Aleksandar Chernev2

  • 1ARNA Laboratory, Inserm U1212, CNRS UMR 5320, Université de Bordeaux, 33000 Bordeaux, France.

Nucleic Acids Research
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