Molecular evidence indicating that the yeast PAF complex is required for transcription elongation

EMBO Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-53

  Rondón, Ana G ^a   Gallardo, Mercedes ^a   García Rubio, María ^a   Aguilera, Andrés ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL MUTANT; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TEMPLATE; GENE CASSETTE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WILD TYPE; YEAST CELL;

CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; LAC OPERON; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PEPTIDE CHAIN ELONGATION, TRANSLATIONAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TATA-BOX BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 1242298517     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400045     Document Type: Article

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