Phosphorylation and functions of the RNA polymerase II CTD

Genes and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 2922-2936

  Phatnani, Hemali P ^a,b   Greenleaf, Arno L ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cotranscriptional; CTD; Nuclear organization; Phosphorylation; RNA polymerase II

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CTD BINDING PROTEIN; ISOMERASE; NUCLEAR FACTOR; PIN1 ENZYME; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING; TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 33751090746     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1477006     Document Type: Review

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