EM visualization of transcription by RNA polymerase II: Downstream termination requires a poly(A) signal but not transcript cleavage

Molecular Cell

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 379-387

  Osheim, Yvonne N ^a   Proudfoot, Nick J ^b   Beyer, Ann L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR; POLYADENYLIC ACID; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PLASMID; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA PROCESSING; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0033106189     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(00)80465-7     Document Type: Article

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