A feed forward circuit comprising Spt6, Ctk1 and PAF regulates Pol II CTD phosphorylation and transcription elongation

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 870-881

  Dronamraju, Raghuvar ^a   Strahl, Brian D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CHAPERONE; HISTONE H3; HYDROXYUREA; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; POLYMERASE ASSOCIATED FACTOR; PROTEIN BUR; PROTEIN CTK1; PROTEIN SPT6; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTONE METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION;

CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASES; CYCLINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA POLYMERASE II; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ELONGATION FACTORS;

EID: 84893320560     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt1003     Document Type: Article

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