Applications of recombinant DNA technology in gastrointestinal medicine and hepatology: Basic paradigms of molecular cell biology. Part B: Eukaryotic gene transcription and post-transcriptional RNA processing

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 283-292

  Wild, Gary E ^a,c   Papalia, Patrizia ^a   Ropeleski, Mark J ^a   Faria, Julio ^a   Thomson, Alan B R ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

DNA; Eukaryotic gene transcription; Gene expression; RNA

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; DNA; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; MESSENGER RNA; RECOMBINANT DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANS ACTING FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFER RNA;

CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; EXON; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LIVER DISEASE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; REPRESSOR GENE; REVIEW; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA EDITING; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SPLICING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0034022429     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2000/385327     Document Type: Review

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