Nuclear translocation and carboxyl-terminal domain phosphorylation of RNA polymerase II delineate the two phases of zygotic gene activation in mammalian embryos

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 6250-6262

  Bellier, Sylvain ^a   Chastant, Sylvie ^b,c   Adenot, Pierre ^c   Vincent, Michel ^d   Renard, Jean Paul ^c   Bensaude, Olivier ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Embryo; Phosphorylation; RNA polymerase; Transcription

Indexed keywords

DACTINOMYCIN; PROTEIN KINASE; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; DNA REPLICATION; EMBRYO; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; FERTILIZATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MITOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; RABBIT; SOMATIC CELL; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BLASTOCYST; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CELL NUCLEUS; DACTINOMYCIN; DICHLORORIBOFURANOSYLBENZIMIDAZOLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; PROTEIN KINASES; RABBITS; RNA POLYMERASE II; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0030691818     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.20.6250     Document Type: Article

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