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Another piece in the transcription initiation puzzle

Nature Structural & Molecular Biology volume 11, pages 1031–1033 (2004)Cite this article

A new report provides evidence that the TFIIB-RNAPII interaction depends on the presence of additional factors and highlights the importance of structural characterization of the entire preinitiation complex.

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Figure 1: The position of TFIIB on the RNAPII preinitiation complex.

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