Dynamic transcriptional events in embryonic stem cells mediated by the super elongation complex (SEC)

Genes and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1486-1498

  Lin, Chengqi ^a   Garrett, Alexander S ^a   de Kumar, Bony ^a   Smith, Edwin R ^a   Gogol, Madelaine ^a   Seidel, Christopher ^a   Krumlauf, Robb ^a,b   Shilatifard, Ali ^a  

^a STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AFF4; ELL2; Immediate early genes; Transcription elongation

Indexed keywords

POSITIVE TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTOR B; RNA POLYMERASE II; SUPER ELONGATION COMPLEX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ELEVEN NINETEEN LYSINE RICH LEUKEMIA GENE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; DNA POLYMERASE II; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HCT116 CELLS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; MICE; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ELONGATION FACTORS;

MURINAE;

EID: 79960401863     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.2059211     Document Type: Article

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