Visual analysis of the yeast 5S rRNA gene transcriptome: Regulation and role of La protein

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 4576-4587

  French, Sarah L ^a   Osheim, Yvonne N ^a   Schneider, David A ^b,f   Sikes, Martha L ^a   Fernandez, Cesar F ^c   Copela, Laura A ^c   Misra, Vikram A ^d,g   Nomura, Masayasu ^b   Wolin, Sandra L ^c   Beyer, Ann L ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; FUNGAL RNA; LA ANTIGEN; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 5S; TRANSCRIPTOME; LHP1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RNA ANALYSIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; FUNGAL GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; RNA GENE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, RRNA; RNA POLYMERASE III; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5S; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 47049094275     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.00127-08     Document Type: Article

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