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Transcriptional Regulation

The Yeast α2 Protein Can Repress Transcription by RNA Polymerases I and II but Not III

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Pages 4029-4038 | Received 03 Feb 1993, Accepted 16 Apr 1993, Published online: 31 Mar 2023

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