Promoter-proximal pausing and its release: Molecular mechanisms and physiological functions

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 316, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 2723-2730

  Chiba, Kunitoshi ^a   Yamamoto, Junichi ^a   Yamaguchi, Yuki ^a   Handa, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CTD phosphorylation; Promoter proximal pausing; RNA polymerase II; Transcription elongation

Indexed keywords

RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTOR; NEGATIVE ELONGATION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIFE CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER PROXIMAL PAUSING; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; RNA CAPPING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VIRUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 77956885029     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: 10902422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2010.05.036     Document Type: Review

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