Mutational analysis of mammalian poly(A) polymerase identifies a region for primer binding and a catalytic domain, homologous to the family X polymerases, and to other nucleotidyltransferases

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2593-2603

  Martin, Georges ^a   Keller, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; mRNA 3' end processing; Polymerase; Polymerase module; RNA binding domain

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE BETA; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; POLYNUCLEOTIDE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; PRIMER RNA; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; R FACTOR; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0029962371     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00617.x     Document Type: Article

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