RNA polymerase I-promoted HIS4 expression yields uncapped, polyadenylated mRNA that is unstable and inefficiently translated in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 665-675

  Lo, Hsiu Jung ^a,b   Huang, Han Kuei ^a   Donahue, Thomas F ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; FUNGAL RNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 3; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0031882755     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.2.665     Document Type: Article

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