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Nobel Prize Website
Nobel Prize Article: "Molecular Basis of Eukaryotic Transcription."
Protein Data Bank Structures:
1HQM
1TWA
1NIK
1R5U
1YTF
1I6H
1R9S
1R9T
1SFO
1Y1Y
1Y1V
1K83
1L9Z
2HT1