Disparity between microRNA levels and promoter strength is associated with initiation rate and Pol II pausing

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Marbach Bar, Nadav ^a   Ben Noon, Amitai ^a   Ashkenazi, Shaked ^a   Harush, Ana Tamarkin Ben ^a   Avnit Sagi, Tali ^a   Walker, Michael D ^a   Dikstein, Rivka ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMANITIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 146A; MICRORNA 22; MICRORNA 375; RNA POLYMERASE II; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

GENE EXPRESSION; PROTEIN; RNA;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRON; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PROMOTER REGION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SYNTHESIS; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; NF-KAPPA B; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84880289512     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3118     Document Type: Article

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