Genetic analysis of the structure and function of 7SK small nuclear ribonucleoprotein (snRNP) in cells

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 289, Issue 30, 2014, Pages 21181-21190

  Fujinaga, Koh ^a   Luo, Zeping ^a   Peterlin, B Matija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CELLS; ELONGATION; ENZYMES; PROTEINS; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION;

CELL-BASED ASSAYS; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE 9; GENETIC INTERACTION; INHIBITORY EFFECT; METHYL PHOSPHATES; NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; POSITIVE TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTOR B; REPORTER-GENE EXPRESSION;

CYTOLOGY;

CCNT1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CDK9 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 9; CYCLIN T; HEXIM1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; LARP7 PROTEIN, HUMAN; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

CONFORMATION; GENETICS; HEK293 CELL LINE; HELA CELL LINE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; CYCLIN T; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE 9; HEK293 CELLS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS, SMALL NUCLEAR; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84905406642     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M114.557751     Document Type: Article

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