The multitalented Mediator complex

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 531-537

  Carlsten, Jonas O P ^a   Zhu, Xuefeng ^a   Gustafsson, Claes M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CDK8; Chromatin looping; Cohesin; Mediator; Non coding RNA; RNA polymerase II

Indexed keywords

MEDIATOR COMPLEX; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

CDK8; CHROMATIN LOOPING; COHESIN; MEDIATOR; NON-CODING RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ANIMALS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; HUMANS; MEDIATOR COMPLEX; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84885858963     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2013.08.007     Document Type: Review

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