Trypanosome spliced leader RNA genes contain the first identified RNA polymerase II gene promoter in these organisms

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1556-1564

  Gilinger, G ^a   Bellofatto, V ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CHICKEN OVALBUMIN UPSTREAM PROMOTER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTOZOAL RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE II; SPLICED LEADER RNA; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUGLENA; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; IN VITRO STUDY; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTOZOON; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; START CODON; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRYPANOSOMA;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUGLENA; EUKARYOTA; GALLUS GALLUS; LEPTOMONAS SEYMOURI; NEMATODA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 0035312534     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/29.7.1556     Document Type: Article

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