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. 1988 Nov 25;16(22):10469–10476. doi: 10.1093/nar/16.22.10469

A novel nuclear transcription system which responds correctly to cloned estrogen receptor.

A Thorburn 1, J Knowland 1
PMCID: PMC338918  PMID: 3205714

Abstract

We describe here a novel but simple nuclear transcription system in which nuclei make RNA in an isotonic buffer for a long time and respond to a cloned external factor by accurately initiating new transcription.

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