Elongation by RNA polymerase II: The short and long of it

Genes and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 2437-2468

  Sims III, Robert J ^b   Belotserkovskaya, Rimma ^b   Reinberg, Danny ^a,b  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; CTD; Elongation; RNA polymerase II; Transcription

Indexed keywords

5,6 DICHLOROBENZIMIDAZOLE RIBOSIDE; 5,6 DICHLOROBENZIMIDAZOLE RIBOSIDE SENSITIVITY INDUCING FACTOR; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; CHAPERONE; CHROMO ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE; ELONGATION FACTOR; ELONGIN; ENZYME; HISTONE; IMITATION SWITCH 1P ENZYME; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHATASE; POSITIVE TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTOR B; RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE ASSOCIATED FACTOR 1; RNA POLYMERASE II; SUCROSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOGENESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; COCKAYNE SYNDROME; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; METHYLATION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RNA CAPPING; RNA SPLICING; RNA TRANSLATION; SPT6 GENE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CHROMATIN; HISTONES; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; PHOSPHORYLATION; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ELONGATION FACTORS;

EID: 5444225805     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1235904     Document Type: Review

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