RNA polymerase II pauses and associates with pre-mRNA processing factors at both ends of genes

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-78

  Glover Cutter, Kira ^a   Kim, Soojin ^a   Espinosa, Joaquin ^b   Bentley, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLEAVAGE POLYADENYLATION SPECIFICITY FACTOR; CLEAVAGE STIMULATION FACTOR; ELONGATION FACTOR; ELONGATION FACTOR DRB; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; POLYADENYLIC ACID; PROTEIN SPT5; RNA POLYMERASE II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL STRAIN HCT116; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA CAPPING; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENES, MYC; GLYCERALDEHYDE-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASES; HUMANS; KINETICS; POLY A; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA CAPS; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA PRECURSORS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 37849036555     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb1352     Document Type: Article

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