The RNA cleavage activity of RNA polymerase III is mediated an essential TFIIS-like subunit and is important for transcription termination

Genes and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 3857-3871

  Chédin, Stéphane ^a   Riva, Michel ^a   Schultz, Patrick ^b   Sentenac, André ^a   Caries, Christophe ^a  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

C11 subunit; RNA cleavage activity; RNA polymerase III; S. cerevisiae; Termination

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; ELONGATION FACTOR 2; RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CLEAVAGE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0032535546     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.12.24.3857     Document Type: Article

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