"RNA Polymerase II" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A DNA-dependent RNA polymerase present in bacterial, plant, and animal cells. It functions in the nucleoplasmic structure and transcribes DNA into RNA. It has different requirements for cations and salt than RNA polymerase I and is strongly inhibited by alpha-amanitin. EC 2.7.7.6.
| Descriptor ID |
D012319
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.913.696.445.735.270.762
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| Concept/Terms |
RNA Polymerase II- RNA Polymerase II
- RNA Polymerase B
- RNA Pol II
- DNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase II
- DNA Dependent RNA Polymerase II
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