A transcription factor required for promoter recognition by human mitochondrial RNA polymerase. Accurate initiation at the heavy- and light-strand promoters dissected and reconstituted in vitro.

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Published in J Biol Chem on September 15, 1985

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R P Fisher, D A Clayton

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