Secondary structure of the nascent 7S L RNA mediates efficient transcription by RNA polymerase III

RNA

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 538-549

  Emde, Gerd ^a   Frontzek, André ^a   Benecke, Bernd Joachim ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

pol III transcription; RNA binding proteins; RNA secondary structure; srp RNA; transcriptional activation

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL NUCLEUS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0030986247     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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