A simple signal element mediates transcription termination and mRNA 3' end formation in the DEG1 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 254, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 681-688

  Brambilla, A ^a   Mainieri, D ^a   Agostoni Carbone, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

mRNA 3' end formation; Polyadenylation; RNA polymerase II; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Transcription termination

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL RNA; MESSENGER RNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; POLYADENYLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE DELETION; GENE MAPPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STOP CODON; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030924996     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050466     Document Type: Article

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