Repression of RNA polymerase II elongation in vivo is critically dependent on the C-terminus of Spt5

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Chen, Hui ^a   Contreras, Xavier ^b   Yamaguchi, Yuki ^c   Handa, Hiroshi ^c   Peterlin, B Matija ^b   Guo, Su ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN SPT5; RNA POLYMERASE II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; HISTONE; NONHISTONE PROTEIN; SPT5 TRANSCRIPTIONAL ELONGATION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RNA TRANSLATION; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HELA CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

DANIO RERIO;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HELA CELLS; HISTONES; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ELONGATION FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 70349149449     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006918     Document Type: Article

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