Functional divergence of eukaryotic RNA polymerases: Unique properties of RNA polymerase I suit its cellular role

Gene

Volumn 556, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 19-26

  Viktorovskaya, Olga V ^a   Schneider, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Ribosome; RNA polymerase; Transcription

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; RIBOSOME DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

CHROMATIN; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE LOCUS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA PROCESSING; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

EUKARYOTA;

ANIMALS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA POLYMERASE I; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84922603722     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2014.10.035     Document Type: Review

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