Human 5′ → 3′ exonuclease Xm2 promotes transcription termination at co-transcriptional cleavage sites

Nature

Volumn 432, Issue 7016, 2004, Pages 522-525

  West, Steven ^a   Gromak, Natalla ^a   Proudfoot, Nick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOCIATION; DNA; GENES; RNA;

ELONGATION FACTORS; POLYADENYLATION; TORPEDO MODEL; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

ENZYMES;

BETA GLOBIN; EXONUCLEASE; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHODIESTERASE I; POLYADENYLIC ACID; PROTEIN XRN2; RNA POLYMERASE II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; EXORIBONUCLEASE; GLOBIN; HAMMERHEAD RIBOZYME; RIBOZYME; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IIH; XRN2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

GENE;

ARTICLE; DISSOCIATION; DNA TEMPLATE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLOBIN GENE; HUMAN; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA DEGRADATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HELA CELL; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA PROCESSING;

EUKARYOTA;

EXORIBONUCLEASES; GLOBINS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, CATALYTIC; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFIIH; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS, TFII; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 9644308046     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03035     Document Type: Article

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