A common sequence motif involved in selection of transcription start sites of Arabidopsis and budding yeast tRNA genes

Genomics

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 166-172

  Yukawa, Yasushi ^a   Dieci, Giorgio ^b   Alzapiedi, Mircko ^b   Hiraga, Asako ^a   Hirai, Katsuaki ^a   Yamamoto, Yoshiharu Y ^c   Sugiura, Masahiro ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Budding yeast; Pol III; Transcription start site; TRNA gene

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; TRANSFER RNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCATION; GENOME SIZE; IN VITRO STUDY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; RNA SEQUENCE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TATA BOX; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; RNA, TRANSFER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ARABIDOPSIS; NICOTIANA TABACUM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 79951578851     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: 10898646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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