RNA pol II subunit RPB7 is required for RNA pol I-mediated transcription in Trypanosoma brucei

EMBO Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 252-257

  Peñate, Xenia ^a   López Farfán, Diana ^a   Landeira, David ^a   Wentland, Amy ^a   Vidal, Isabel ^a   Navarro, Miguel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PARASITOLOGÍA Y BIOMEDICINA LÓPEZ NEYRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; FIREFLY LUCIFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; RENILLA LUCIFERIN 2 MONOOXYGENASE; RNA POLYMERASE A1; RNA POLYMERASE B6Z; RNA POLYMERASE B7; RNA POLYMERASE II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; GENES, REPORTER; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA POLYMERASE I; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EUKARYOTA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 61849090827     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/embor.2008.244     Document Type: Article

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