Poised RNA Polymerase II Changes over Developmental Time and Prepares Genes for Future Expression

Cell Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1670-1683

  Gaertner, Bjoern ^a,b   Johnston, Jeff ^a   Chen, Kai ^a   Wallaschek, Nina ^a   Paulson, Ariel ^a   Garruss, Alexander S ^a   Gaudenz, Karin ^a   De Kumar, Bony ^a   Krumlauf, Robb ^a,c   Zeitlinger, Julia ^a,c  

^a STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POISED RNA POLYMERASE II; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE LOCATION; MAMMAL CELL; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLES; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; POLYCOMB-GROUP PROTEINS; RNA POLYMERASE II;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84871682829     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22111247     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2012.11.024     Document Type: Article

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