RNA Polymerase I

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • Eukaryotic gene transcription with purified components. 
  • Phase I and pharmacokinetic study of 3'-C-ethynylcytidine (TAS-106), an inhibitor of RNA polymerase I, II and III,in patients with advanced solid malignancies. 
  • Purification of the three nuclear RNA polymerases from Neurospora crassa. 
  • Sequences within the spacer region of yeast rRNA cistrons that stimulate 35S rRNA synthesis in vivo mediate RNA polymerase I-dependent promoter and terminator activities. 
  • Structural studies on Neurospora RNA polymerases and associated proteins. 
  • Suppressor analysis of temperature-sensitive RNA polymerase I mutations in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: suppression of mutations in a zinc-binding motif by transposed mutant genes.