Evidence for an RNA polymerization activity in axolotl and Xenopus egg extracts

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Pelczar, Hélène ^a,b   Woisard, Anne ^a   Lemaître, Jean Marc ^c   Chachou, Mohamed ^a,b   Andéol, Yannick ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Sorbonne Universités   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMANITIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; RIBONUCLEASE; RNA POLYMERASE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; SINGLE STRANDED RNA; 3' DEOXYADENOSINE 5' TRIPHOSPHATE; 3'-DEOXYADENOSINE 5'-TRIPHOSPHATE; DEOXYADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; DEOXYCYTIDINE PHOSPHATE; DNA; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II;

AMBYSTOMA; ARTICLE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; IN VITRO STUDY; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; POLYMERIZATION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; XENOPUS; AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; ANIMAL; BACTERIOPHAGE M13; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION;

AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; AMPHIBIA;

ALPHA-AMANITIN; AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; ANIMALS; BACTERIOPHAGE M13; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; DEOXYADENINE NUCLEOTIDES; DEOXYCYTIDINE MONOPHOSPHATE; DNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; OOCYTES; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA POLYMERASE III; XENOPUS;

EID: 78650834572     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014411     Document Type: Article

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