Role of the C-Terminal Domain of RNA Polymerase II in U2 snRNA Transcription and 3′ Processing

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 846-855

  Jacobs, Erica Y ^a   Ogiwara, Ikuo ^b   Weiner, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 (5 ISOQUINOLINESULFONYL) 2 METHYLPIPERAZINE; 5,6 DICHLOROBENZIMIDAZOLE RIBOSIDE; C TERMINAL DOMAIN KINASE; DACTINOMYCIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN KINASE; RNA POLYMERASE II; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; C TERMINAL DOMAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RADIATION DOSE; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SPLICING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

1-(5-ISOQUINOLINESULFONYL)-2-METHYLPIPERAZINE; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; DICHLORORIBOFURANOSYLBENZIMIDAZOLE; DNA; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0347986661     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.24.2.846-855.2004     Document Type: Article

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