A novel SR-Related protein specifically interacts with the carboxy-terminal domain (CTD) of RNA polymerase II through a conserved interaction domain

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 378, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 565-571

  Tanner, Stefan ^a   Stagljar, Igor ^a   Georgiev, Oleg ^a   Schaffner, Walter ^a   Bourquin, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Modified yeast interaction trap assay; RNA processing; SR domain; Transcription; Yeast two hybrid system

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HYBRID PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II; SERINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA LIBRARY; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA SPLICING; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TANDEM REPEAT; YEAST;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0030789797     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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