Two G-rich regulatory elements located adjacent to and 440 nucleotides downstream of the core poly(A) site of the intronless melanocortin receptor 1 gene are critical for efficient 3′ end processing

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1568-1580

  Dalziel, Martin ^a   Nunes, Nuno Miguel ^a,b   Furger, Andre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; NUCLEOTIDE; POLYADENYLIC ACID;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; ENHANCER REGION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA TRANSLATION;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CELL LINE, TUMOR; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENES, REGULATOR; GENES, REPORTER; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MELANOMA; POLY A; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 1; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL;

EID: 33847197910     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.01821-06     Document Type: Article

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