Specific transcriptional pausing activates polyadenylation in a coupled in vitro system

Molecular Cell

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 593-600

  Yonaha, Masatomo ^a   Proudfoot, Nick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GUANINE; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; POLYADENYLATION; RNA PROCESSING; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

EID: 0033039863     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(00)80352-4     Document Type: Article

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