Topoisomerase II is required for the production of long Pol II gene transcripts in yeast

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 40, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 7907-7915

  Joshi, Ricky S ^a   Piña, Benjamin ^b   Roca, Joaquim ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) B; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) BA; RNA POLYMERASE II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SUPERCOILING; ENZYME INACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ELONGATION;

DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE I; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE II; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; MUTATION; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 84870524315     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks626     Document Type: Article

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