The non-canonical CTD of RNAP-II is essential for productive RNA synthesis in Trypanosoma brucei

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Das, Anish ^a   Bellofatto, Vivian ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA; SERINE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DEATH; CELL GROWTH; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

METAZOA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SERINE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EID: 70349136312     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006959     Document Type: Article

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