Transcriptional elongation control by RNA polymerase II: A new frontier

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Structure and Expression

Volumn 1677, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 79-86

  Shilatifard, Ali ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Control; RNA polymerase II; Transcriptional elongation

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLTRANSFERASE; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTOR;

CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; DISEASE COURSE; DNA TEMPLATE; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; RNA TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

ANIMALS; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; PHOSPHORYLATION; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ELONGATION FACTORS;

EID: 1542328270     PISSN: 01674781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbaexp.2003.11.013     Document Type: Review

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