Breaking barriers to transcription elongation

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 557-567

  Saunders, Abbie ^a   Core, Leighton J ^a   Lis, John T ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 9; DNA; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; HISTONE; MESSENGER RNA; MYC PROTEIN; PROTEIN FOS; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IIB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IIH;

CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; REVIEW; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; HISTONES; NUCLEOSOMES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 33748314757     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: 14710080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm1981     Document Type: Review

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