RPAP1, a novel human RNA polymerase II-associated protein affinity purified with recombinant wild-type and mutated polymerase subunits

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 7043-7058

  Jeronimo, Célia ^a   Langelier, Marie France ^a   Zeghouf, Mahel ^b   Cojocaru, Marilena ^a   Bergeron, Dominique ^a   Baali, Dania ^a   Forget, Diane ^a   Mnaimneh, Sanie ^b   Davierwala, Armaity P ^b   Pootoolal, Jeff ^b   Chandy, Mark ^d,e   Canadien, Veronica ^c   Beattie, Bryan K ^c   Richards, Dawn P ^c   Workman, Jerry L ^d   Hughes, Timothy R ^b   Greenblatt, Jack ^b   Coulombe, Benoit ^a  

^a CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Affinium Pharmaceuticals   (Canada)

^d STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^e PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN FCP1; PROTEIN RPAP1; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA POLYMERASE II PHOSPHATASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IIB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IIF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TEMPLATE; ENZYME BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STRUCTURAL GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTONES; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; MUTATION; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA POLYMERASE II; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFIIB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS, TFII; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 3543034591     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.24.16.7043-7058.2004     Document Type: Article

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