Dissection of Pol II Trigger Loop function and Pol II activity-dependent control of start site selection in vivo

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Kaplan, Craig D ^a   Jin, Huiyan ^a   Zhang, Ivan Liang ^a,b   Belyanin, Andrey ^a,c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE II; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; IMD2 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; INOSINATE DEHYDROGENASE; RPB1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IMD2 GENE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; RBP1 GENE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; URA2 GENE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CATALYSIS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; IMP DEHYDROGENASE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; RNA POLYMERASE II; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84860111277     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002627     Document Type: Article

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