Mutations in the α-amanitin conserved domain of the largest subunit of yeast RNA polymerase III affect pausing, RNA cleavage and transcriptional transitions

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 618-629

  Thuillier, Vincent ^a,b   Brun, Isabelle ^a   Sentenac, André ^a   Werner, Michel ^a  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b SANOFI   (France)

Author keywords

Pausing; RNA cleavage; RNA polymerase; amanitin; ' like subunit

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMANITIN; DNA; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MUTANT PROTEIN; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RNA CLEAVAGE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; YEAST;

EID: 0029671250     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00394.x     Document Type: Article

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