The mechanism of nucleosome traversal by RNA polymerase II: Roles for template uncoiling and transcript elongation factors

RNA Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Luse, Donal S ^a   Studitsky, Vasily M ^b,c  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Elongation factors; Nucleosome; RNA polymerase II; Sin mutations; Transcript elongation

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; HISTONE H2A; HISTONE H2B; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTOR;

CHROMATIN; DNA TEMPLATE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; REVIEW;

EID: 79960100503     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.8.3.15389     Document Type: Review

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