Cdk9 is an essential kinase in Drosophila that is required for heat shock gene expression, histone methylation and elongation factor recruitment

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 277, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 101-114

  Eissenberg, Joel C ^a   Shilatifard, Ali ^b   Dorokhov, Nikolay ^a   Michener, Dorian E ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cdk9; CHD1; CTD phosphorylation; Elongation factor; Histone methylation; P TEFb; RNA Polymerase II

Indexed keywords

CHROMO HELICASE PROTEIN 1; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 9; ELONGATION FACTOR; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; LYSINE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II; SERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSGENE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CHROMOSOMES; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE 9; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HISTONES; METHYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ELONGATION FACTORS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 33846815407     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-006-0164-2     Document Type: Article

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