Transcriptionally repressed germ cells lack a subpopulation of phosphorylated RNA polymerase II in early embryos of Caenorhabditis elegans and Drosophila melanogaster

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2191-2201

  Seydoux, Geraldine ^a   Dunn, Melanie A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; CTD phosphorylation; Drosophila melanogaster; Embryogenesis; Germ line; mRNA; RNA polymerase II; rRNA

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GASTRULATION; GENE REPRESSION; GERM LINE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EPITOPES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0030790516     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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