Genetic organization, length conservation, and evolution of RNA polymerase II carboxyl-terminal domain

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2628-2641

  Liu, Pengda ^a   Kenney, John M ^a   Stiller, John W ^a   Greenleaf, Arno L ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

evolutionary conservation; functional organization; RNAPII CTD; transcription

Indexed keywords

HEPTAPEPTIDE; MESSENGER RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTANT PROTEINS; PEPTIDES; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLIABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA POLYMERASE II; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 77958150026     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msq151     Document Type: Article

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