The RPB2 flap loop of human RNA polymerase II is dispensable for transcription initiation and elongation

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 3312-3325

  Palanga, Murali ^a,e   Grass, Jeffrey A ^a   Langelier, Marie France ^b,d   Coulombe, Benoit ^b,c   Landick, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,6 DICHLOROBENZIMIDAZOLE RIBOSIDE; ELONGATION FACTOR; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IIB;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DELETION MUTANT; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; HUMANS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA POLYMERASE II; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFIIB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS, TFII; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 79961144236     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: 10985549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.05318-11     Document Type: Article

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