Actin in transcription. Actin is required for transcription by all three RNA polymerases in the eukaryotic cell nucleus

EMBO Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 218-219

  Visa, Neus ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Actin; Cell nucleus; Myosin; RNA polymerase; Transcription

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; BETA ACTIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; INITIATION FACTOR 1; MESSENGER RNA; MYOSIN; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE II;

CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INSECT CELL; MAMMAL CELL; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; RNA SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; HUMANS; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 16844373309     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400362     Document Type: Review

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