The non-coding snRNA 7SK controls transcriptional termination, poising, and bidirectionality in embryonic stem cells

Genome Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Castelo Branco, Gonçalo ^a,e   Amaral, Paulo P ^a   Engström, Pär G ^b,f   Robson, Samuel C ^a   Marques, Sueli C ^e   Bertone, Paul ^b,c,d   Kouzarides, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II; SNRNA 7SK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA; 3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; CHROMATIN; HISTONE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME BIVALENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYADENYLATION; TRANSCRIPTION BIDIRECTIONALITY; TRANSCRIPTION POISING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM; PROMOTER REGION;

PYRONIA TITHONUS;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CHROMATIN; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC LOCI; GENOME; HISTONES; MICE; POLYADENYLATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84883856031     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2013-14-9-r98     Document Type: Article

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