The fission yeast RPA51 is a functional homolog of the budding yeast A49 subunit of RNA polymerase I and required for maximizing transcription of ribosomal DNA

Genes and Genetic Systems

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 199-209

  Nakagawa, Kaori ^a,b   Hisatake, Koji ^a   Imazawa, Yukiko ^a,b   Ishiguro, Akira ^c,e   Matsumoto, Masahito ^a   Pape, Louise ^d   Ishihama, Akira ^c,f   Nogi, Yasuhisa ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^f NIPPON INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fission yeast; Ribosomal DNA; RNA polymerase I; Transcription

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN A49; PROTEIN PAF53; PROTEIN RPA51; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RIBOSOME DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BUDDING; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; EUKARYOTE EVOLUTION; GENE DELETION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHASE TRANSITION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RPA51 GENE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RNA POLYMERASE I; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0042972792     PISSN: 13417568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1266/ggs.78.199     Document Type: Article

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