The RNA exosome promotes transcription termination of backtracked RNA polymerase II

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 919-926

  Lemay, Jean François ^a   Larochelle, Marc ^a   Marguerat, Samuel ^b   Atkinson, Sophie ^c   Bähler, Jürg ^c   Bachand, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR RNA; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II; EXOSOME MULTIENZYME RIBONUCLEASE COMPLEX;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; EXOSOME; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA PROCESSING; RNA RECOMBINATION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; RNA STABILITY; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EXOSOME MULTIENZYME RIBONUCLEASE COMPLEX; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA STABILITY; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84926180327     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2893     Document Type: Article

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