The balance sheet for transcription: An analysis of nuclear RNA metabolism in mammalian cells

FASEB Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 242-254

  Jackson, Dean A ^a   Pombo, Ana ^a   Iborra, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Nascent transcripts; Nuclear structure; RNA polymerase; Transcript profiles

Indexed keywords

HOLOENZYME; RNA POLYMERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUKARYOTE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA METABOLISM; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033972791     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.14.2.242     Document Type: Review

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