A Universal RNA Polymerase II CTD Cycle Is Orchestrated by Complex Interplays between Kinase, Phosphatase, and Isomerase Enzymes along Genes

Molecular Cell

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 158-170

  Bataille, Alain R ^a   Jeronimo, Célia ^a   Jacques, Pierre Étienne ^a,d   Laramée, Louise ^a   Fortin, Marie Ève ^a   Forest, Audrey ^a   Bergeron, Maxime ^a   Hanes, Steven D ^b   Robert, François ^a,c  

^a CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; ISOENZYME; MUTANT PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II; SER7 PHOSPHATASE; SSU72 PHOSPHATASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; ISOMERIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; WILD TYPE;

CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; ISOMERASES; PEPTIDE CHAIN TERMINATION, TRANSLATIONAL; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASES; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA POLYMERASE II;

EID: 84856273602     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: 10974164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2011.11.024     Document Type: Article

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