The essential sequence elements required for RNAP II carboxyl-terminal domain function in yeast and their evolutionary conservation

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 719-727

  Liu, Pengda ^a   Greenleaf, Arno L ^b   Stiller, John W ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CTD; Evolution; Kinase; Phosphorylation; RNAP II

Indexed keywords

HEPTAPEPTIDE; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL METABOLISM; COMPARATIVE GENE MAPPING; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; EUKARYOTE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RNA PROCESSING; TANDEM REPEAT; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; YEAST;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MUTANT PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID; RNA POLYMERASE II; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 40849100137     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msn017     Document Type: Article

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