Mechanism of transcription initiation by the yeast mitochondrial RNA polymerase

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Volumn 1819, Issue 9-10, 2012, Pages 930-938

  Deshpande, Aishwarya P ^a   Patel, Smita S ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Mitochondrial DNA transcription; Mitochondrial RNA polymerase; Mtf1; Rpo41

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MITOCHONDRIAL RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; MITOCHONDRIAL TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR A; MITOCHONDRIAL TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR B; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RPO41; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA BINDING; DNA DENATURATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TEMPLATE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; RNA SYNTHESIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84864322378     PISSN: 18749399     EISSN: 18764320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2012.02.003     Document Type: Review

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