Ancient origin, functional conservation and fast evolution of DNA-dependent RNA polymerase III

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 34, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 3615-3624

  Proshkina, Galina M ^a   Shematorova, Elena K ^a   Proshkin, Sergey A ^a   Zaros, Cécile ^b   Thuriaux, Pierre ^b   Shpakovski, George V ^a  

^a SHEMYAKIN OVCHINNIKOV INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA SEQUENCE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES;

ALVEOLATA; AMOEBOZOA; ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RNA POLYMERASE III; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS;

EID: 33746837336     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkl421     Document Type: Article

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