Cyclin-dependent kinase control of the initiation-to-elongation switch of RNA polymerase II

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1108-1115

  Larochelle, Stéphane ^a   Amat, Ramon ^a   Glover Cutter, Kira ^b   Sansó, Miriam ^a   Zhang, Chao ^c   Allen, Jasmina J ^d,e   Shokat, Kevan M ^d,e   Bentley, David L ^b   Fisher, Robert P ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 7; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 9; ELONGATION FACTOR; HISTONE H2B; INITIATION FACTOR; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GENE CONTROL; HISTONE UBIQUITINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA PROCESSING;

CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE 9; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASES; HCT116 CELLS; HISTONES; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS, TFII; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION, GENETIC; UBIQUITINATION;

EID: 84869095110     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2399     Document Type: Article

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