Efficient synthesis, termination and release of RNA polymerase III transcripts in xenopus extracts depleted of La protein

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2033-2041

  Lin Marq, Nathalie ^a   Clarkson, Stuart G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Nuclease; RNA chaperone; Transcription; tRNA gene; tRNA processing

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; LA ANTIGEN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME RELEASE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EUKARYOTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SEQUENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; XENOPUS; YEAST CELL;

AMPHIBIA; EUKARYOTA; REPTILIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032055096     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.7.2033     Document Type: Article

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