FACT facilitates chromatin transcription by RNA polymerases i and III

EMBO Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 854-865

  Birch, Joanna L ^a   Tan, Bertrand C M ^b   Panov, Kostya I ^a,f   Panova, Tatiana B ^a,g   Andersen, Jens S ^c   Owen Hughes, Tom A ^a   Russell, Jackie ^a   Lee, Sheng Chung ^d,e   Zomerdijk, Joost C B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

^f QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^g Dundee Cell Products Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

RDNA chromatin; Ribosomal RNA; Spt16; SSRP1; Transcription elongation

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; FACILITATES CHROMATIN TRANSCRIPTION PROTEIN; HISTONE H2A; HISTONE H2B; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEIN; HISTONE; RIBOSOME DNA; SSRP1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMATIN; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEOSOME; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; RNA GENE;

MAMMALIA;

CHROMATIN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENES, RRNA; HELA CELLS; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; HISTONES; HUMANS; NUCLEOSOMES; RNA POLYMERASE I; RNA POLYMERASE III; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ELONGATION FACTORS;

EID: 65449135496     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2009.33     Document Type: Article

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