The two steps of poly(A)-dependent termination, pausing and release, can be uncoupled by truncation of the RNA polymerase II carboxyl-terminal repeat domain

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 4092-4103

  Park, Noh Jin ^a   Tsao, David C ^a   Martinson, Harold G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ELONGATION FACTOR; POLYADENYLIC ACID; RNA POLYMERASE II; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DOWN REGULATION; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CELL STRAIN COS1; CHEMISTRY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HELA CELL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; COS CELLS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 2942594807     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.24.10.4092-4103.2004     Document Type: Article

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