Where no RNA polymerase has gone before: Novel functional transcripts derived from the ribosomal intergenic spacer

Nucleus (United States)

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 315-319

  Jacob, Mathieu D ^a   Audas, Timothy E ^a   Mullineux, Sahra Taylor ^a   Lee, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

IGS RNA; Noncoding RNA; Nucleolar sequestration; Nucleolus; Protein immobilization; ribosomal DNA; Ribosomal intergenic spacer; RNA polymerase

Indexed keywords

PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; PROTEIN MDM2; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; SPACER DNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SURVIVAL; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN IMMOBILIZATION; RNA REPLICATION; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; RNA GENE;

DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENES, RRNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84863823899     PISSN: 19491034     EISSN: 19491042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/nucl.20585     Document Type: Article

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