mRNA capping enzyme is recruited to the transcription complex by phosphorylation of the RNA polymerase II carboxy-terminal domain

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 3319-3326

  Cho, Eun Jung ^a   Takagi, Toshimitsu ^a   Moore, Christine R ^a   Buratowski, Stephen ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

mRNA capping enzyme; RNA Pol II CTD; Transcription initiation complex

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; N (2 METHYLAMINOETHYL) 5 ISOQUINOLINESULFONAMIDE; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; HUMAN; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RNA CAPPING; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SPLICING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 0031453408     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.24.3319     Document Type: Article

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