New perspectives on connecting messenger RNA 3′ end formation to transcription

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 272-278

  Proudfoot, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C terminal domain; CFIA; CFIIm; CFIm; cleavage and polyadenylation factor; cleavage and polyadenylation specificity factor; cleavage factor I; cleavage factor IA; cleavage factor II; cleavage stimulation factor; CPF; CPSF; CstF; CTD; DSE

Indexed keywords

CLEAVAGE AND POLYADENYLATION SPECIFICITY FACTOR; CLEAVAGE STIMULATION FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLTRANSFERASE; POLYNUCLEOTIDE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; RNA POLYMERASE II; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; SMALL NUCLEOLAR RNA;

CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; KNOCKOUT GENE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; RNA BINDING; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA PROCESSING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; HUMANS; POLYADENYLATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA 3' END PROCESSING; RNA, MESSENGER; TERMINATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 2342505693     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2004.03.007     Document Type: Review

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