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The N-terminal domain of TFIIB from Pyrococcus furiosus forms a zinc ribbon

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The three-dimensional structure of the N-terminal domain of an archaeal TFIIB, which has high sequence homology with eucaryal analogues, is strikingly similar to that of the C-terminal zinc ribbon of the eucaryal transcription elongation factor TFIIS.

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