RNA polymerase II and the integration of nuclear events

Genes and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1415-1429

  Hirose, Yutaka ^b   Manley, James L ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE II;

CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA CAPPING; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ALLOSTERIC SITE; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; GENES, FUNGAL; MODELS, GENETIC; RIBONUCLEASES; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

METAZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034659241     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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