Ssu72 protein mediates both poly(A)-coupled and poly(A)-independent termination of RNA polymerase II transcription

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 6339-6349

  Steinmetz, Eric J ^a   Brow, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYADENYLIC ACID; PROTEIN; PROTEIN NRD1; PROTEIN SSU72; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; EUKARYOTE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOME; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA GENE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SNR13 GENE; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

3' FLANKING REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POINT MUTATION; POLY A; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA, SMALL NUCLEOLAR; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0041690972     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.23.18.6339-6349.2003     Document Type: Article

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