Human Senataxin Resolves RNA/DNA Hybrids Formed at Transcriptional Pause Sites to Promote Xrn2-Dependent Termination

Molecular Cell

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 794-805

  Skourti Stathaki, Konstantina ^a   Proudfoot, Nicholas J ^a   Gromak, Natalia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXONUCLEASE; HELICASE; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; GENE; HUMAN; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SENATAXIN GENE;

CELLS, CULTURED; DNA; EXORIBONUCLEASES; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID HETERODUPLEXES; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; RNA; RNA HELICASES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 79959345878     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: 10974164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2011.04.026     Document Type: Article

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