In Vivo Evidence that Defects in the Transcriptional Elongation Factors RPB2, TFIIS, and SPT5 Enhance Upstream Poly(A) Site Utilization

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 7887-7901

  Cui, Yajun ^a   Denis, Clyde L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR; ELONGATION FACTOR RPB2; ELONGATION FACTOR SPT5; ELONGATION FACTOR TFIIS; MESSENGER RNA; POLYADENYLIC ACID; RNA POLYMERASE II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; YEAST;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, REPORTER; MRNA CLEAVAGE AND POLYADENYLATION FACTORS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS, GENERAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ELONGATION FACTORS;

EID: 0142059889     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.23.21.7887-7901.2003     Document Type: Article

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