Running with RNA polymerase: Eukaryotic transcript elongation

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 543-550

  Arndt, Karen M ^a   Kane, Caroline M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ACETYLATION; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STOICHIOMETRY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0141785208     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2003.08.008     Document Type: Review

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