Transcription initiation platforms and GTF recruitment at tissue-specific enhancers and promoters

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 956-963

  Koch, Frederic ^a,b,c   Fenouil, Romain ^a,b,c   Gut, Marta ^d,e,f   Cauchy, Pierre ^a,b,c,g   Albert, Thomas K ^h   Zacarias Cabeza, Joaquin ^a,b,c   Spicuglia, Salvatore ^a,b,c   De La Chapelle, Albane Lamy ^a,b,c   Heidemann, Martin ⁱ   Hintermair, Corinna ⁱ   Eick, Dirk ⁱ   Gut, Ivo ^d,f   Ferrier, Pierre ^a,b,c   Andrau, Jean Christophe ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRE D IMMUNOLOGIE DE MARSEILLE LUMINY   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d CENTRE NATIONAL DE GÉNOTYPAGE   (France)

^e FONDATION JEAN DAUSSET CEPH   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^g Aix Marseille university   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

ⁱ Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENERAL TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; LUCIFERASE; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; REGULATORY RNA SEQUENCE; TATA BOX; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION PLATFORM;

ANIMALS; CPG ISLANDS; DNA; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; MICE; POLYADENYLATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS, GENERAL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

EID: 79961022267     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2085     Document Type: Article

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