Transcriptional elongation checkpoint control in development and disease

Genes and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1079-1088

  Smith, Edwin ^a   Shilatifard, Ali ^a  

^a STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Chromatin; Elongation; RNA polymerase II; Transcription

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE II;

CHROMATIN; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ELONGATION CHECKPOINT CONTROL;

CANCER; CHROMATIN; ELONGATION; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; DISEASE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PHOSPHORYLATION; RNA POLYMERASE II; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84877935652     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.215137.113     Document Type: Review

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