Extensive polymerase pausing during Drosophila axis patterning enables high-level and pliable transcription

Genes and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1146-1158

  Saunders, Abbie ^a   Core, Leighton J ^b   Sutcliffe, Catherine ^a   Lis, John T ^b   Ashe, Hilary L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Axis patterning; Dpp signaling pathway; Drosophila embryo; GRO seq BMP; Promoter proximal pausing; Zygotic transcription

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLOBAL RUN ON SEQUENCING ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AXIS PATTERNING; BMP; DPP SIGNALING PATHWAY; DROSOPHILA EMBRYO; GRO-SEQ; PROMOTER-PROXIMAL PAUSING; ZYGOTIC TRANSCRIPTION;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZYGOTE;

EID: 84877975516     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.215459.113     Document Type: Article

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