Coupling of RNA Polymerase II Transcription Elongation with Pre-mRNA Splicing

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 428, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 2623-2635

  Saldi, Tassa ^a   Cortazar, Michael A ^a   Sheridan, Ryan M ^a   Bentley, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abbreviations poll II RNA polymerase II; AGO Argonaut; CTD C terminal domain; FACT facilitates chromatin transcription; NET seq native elongating transcript sequencing; PTEF b positive transcription elongation factor b; RBPs RNA binding proteins; TEC transcription elongation complex

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR; HISTONE; MESSENGER RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II; CHROMATIN; RNA PRECURSOR;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; CHROMATIN; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SPLICING; GENE; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SPLICING; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; CHROMATIN; HUMANS; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84964597654     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: 10898638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2016.04.017     Document Type: Review

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