Ubiquitylation and degradation of elongating RNA polymerase II: The last resort

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Volumn 1829, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 151-157

  Wilson, Marcus D ^a   Harreman, Michelle ^a   Svejstrup, Jesper Q ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elongin; NEDD4; RNA polymerase II; Rsp5; Transcript elongation; Ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

ELONGIN BC; ELONGIN C; RNA POLYMERASE II; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE NEDD4;

CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUMOYLATION; UBIQUITINATION;

ANIMALS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEOLYSIS; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION, GENETIC; UBIQUITINATION;

EID: 84872414012     PISSN: 18749399     EISSN: 18764320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2012.08.002     Document Type: Review

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