A methods review on use of nonsense suppression to study 3' end formation and other aspects of tRNA biogenesis

Gene

Volumn 556, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 35-50

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

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

Author keywords

RNA polymerase III; RPC11; RPC2; RPC37; RPC53; Transcription termination

Indexed keywords

LA ANTIGEN; TRANSFER RNA; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; RNA PRECURSOR; STOP CODON;

ADAPTATION; BINDING SITE; BIOGENESIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; REVIEW; RNA BINDING; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SPLICING; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE REPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STOP CODON;

EUKARYOTA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

ANIMALS; CODON, NONSENSE; HUMANS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; RNA 3' END PROCESSING; RNA POLYMERASE III; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA, TRANSFER; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84922680530     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2014.11.034     Document Type: Review

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