DNA conformation-dependent activities of human mitochondrial RNA polymerase

Genes to Cells

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1029-1042

  Fukuoh, Atsushi ^a,d   Ohgaki, Kippei ^a   Hatae, Hinako ^a   Kuraoka, Isao ^b   Aoki, Yoshimasa ^a   Uchiumi, Takeshi ^a   Jacobs, Howard T ^c   Kang, Dongchon ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR A; MITOCHONDRIAL TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR B2; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SUPERCOILING; DNA TEMPLATE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REPRESSION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

DNA REPLICATION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; HUMANS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 68049107471     PISSN: 13569597     EISSN: 13652443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2443.2009.01328.x     Document Type: Article

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