The multi-tasking P-TEFb complex

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 334-340

  Brès, Vanessa ^a   Yoh, Sunnie M ^a   Jones, Katherine A ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLTRANSFERASE; POSITIVE TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTOR B; PROTEIN BRD4; PROTEIN H2BUB; PROTEIN H3S10; PROTEIN IWS1; PROTEIN SKIP; PROTEIN SPT6; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL DIVISION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; RNA SPLICING;

ANIMALS; HISTONES; HUMANS; METHYLATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; POSITIVE TRANSCRIPTIONAL ELONGATION FACTOR B; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

METAZOA;

EID: 44649154972     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2008.04.008     Document Type: Review

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