Transcriptional interactions between yeast tRNA genes, flanking genes and Ty elements: A genomic point of view

Genome Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 254-263

  Bolton, Eric C ^a   Boeke, Jef D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSFER RNA; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE ALPHA; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE GAMMA; FUNGAL RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC DATABASE; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RETROPOSON; RNA GENE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGAL GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GENOME; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSPOSON;

EUKARYOTA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

3' FLANKING REGION; 5' FLANKING REGION; DATABASES, GENETIC; DNA POLYMERASE II; DNA POLYMERASE III; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENES, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, TRANSFER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0037318210     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.612203     Document Type: Article

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