The Ras/PKA Signaling Pathway May Control RNA Polymerase II Elongation via the Spt4p/Spt5p Complex in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Genetics

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1059-1070

  Howard, Susie C ^a   Hester, Arelis ^a   Herman, Paul K ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; ELONGATION FACTOR; FUNGAL PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE; RAS PROTEIN; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II; SPT4P PROTEIN; SPT5P PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; YEAST CELL;

CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; RAS PROTEINS; RNA POLYMERASE II; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ELONGATION FACTORS;

FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0345730820     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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