The RNA polymerase II general elongation complex

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 379, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-31

  Shilatifard, Ali ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ELL; Elongation complex; Rna polymerase II; Transcription elongation

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ANIMAL CELL; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARCINOGENESIS; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; EUKARYOTE; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EUKARYOTIC CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NEOPLASMS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031962487     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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