Cloning of the sea urchin mitochondrial RNA polymerase and reconstitution of the transcription termination system

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2413-2427

  Polosa, Paola Loguercio ^a   Deceglie, Stefania ^a   Falkenberg, Maria ^c   Roberti, Marina ^a   Di Ponzio, Barbara ^a   Gadaleta, Maria Nicola ^a   Cantatore, Palmiro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; MITOCHONDRIAL D LOOP BINDING PROTEIN, PARACENTROTUS LIVIDUS; MITOCHONDRIAL D-LOOP-BINDING PROTEIN, PARACENTROTUS LIVIDUS; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; ENZYME RECONSTITUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INSECT CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEA URCHIN; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; ANIMAL; ARMYWORM; BACULOVIRUS; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARACENTROTUS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALIA; ECHINOIDEA; HEXAPODA; PARACENTROTUS LIVIDUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACULOVIRIDAE; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARACENTROTUS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPODOPTERA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 34249849284     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm159     Document Type: Article

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