Ribosomal RNA genes, RNA polymerases, nucleolar structures, and synthesis of rRNA in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology

Volumn 66, Issue , 2001, Pages 555-565

  Nomura, M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN UAF30P; REPETITIVE DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 5S; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POL 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II;

CELL GROWTH; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA TEMPLATE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; EUKARYOTE; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUSION GENE; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROWTH RATE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPORTER GENE; RIBOSOME; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SPLICING; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TANDEM REPEAT; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; YEAST; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENHANCER REGION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; RNA GENE;

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0035787708     PISSN: 00917451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1101/sqb.2001.66.555     Document Type: Conference Paper

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