In exponentially growing Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells, rRNA synthesis is determined by the summed RNA polymerase I loading rate rather than by the number of active genes

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1558-1568

  French, Sarah L ^a   Osheim, Yvonne N ^a   Cioci, Francesco ^b   Nomura, Masayasu ^b   Beyer, Ann L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; ELONGATION FACTOR; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CHROMATIN; DNA PROBE; DNA REPLICATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCUS; GENE NUMBER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CELL NUCLEOLUS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE DELETION; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, GENETIC; RNA POLYMERASE I; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0037370054     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.23.5.1558-1568.2003     Document Type: Article

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