Promoter clearance by RNA polymerase II

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Volumn 1829, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 63-68

  Luse, Donal S ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortive initiation; TFIIB; TFIIH; Transcript elongation; Transcript initiation

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE II;

BINDING SITE; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEPTIDE INITIATION FACTORS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84872417349     PISSN: 18749399     EISSN: 18764320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2012.08.010     Document Type: Review

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