Dual roles for Spt5 in pre-mRNA processing and transcription elongation revealed by identification of Spt5-associated proteins

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1368-1378

  Lindstrom, D L ^a   Squazzo, S L ^a   Muster, N ^b   Burckin, T A ^a   Wachter, K C ^a,c   Emigh, C A ^a   McCleery, J A ^a   Yates III, J R ^b   Hartzog, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II; SPT4 PROTEIN; SPT5 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SYNTHESIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST;

CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS, GENERAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS, TFII; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ELONGATION FACTORS;

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0037313160     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.23.4.1368-1378.2003     Document Type: Article

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