Comparative overview of RNA polymerase II and III transcription cycles, with focus on RNA polymerase III termination and reinitiation

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Volumn 5, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages 1-13

  Arimbasseri, Aneeshkumar G ^a   Rijal, Keshab ^a   Maraia, Richard J ^a,b  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b U S PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Facilitated recycling; Facilitated reinitiation; Polymerase recycling; RNA polymerase III; TFIIIB; TFIIIC; Transcription reinitiation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; HELICASE; INITIATION FACTOR; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE II; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IIIA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IIIB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IIIC; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR III;

CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION AND DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION; TRANSCRIPTION REINITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EUKARYOTIC CELLS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, MOLECULAR; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA POLYMERASE III; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS, TFII; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS, TFIII; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84900405636     PISSN: 21541264     EISSN: 21541272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/trns.27369     Document Type: Review

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