Structural insights into transcription initiation by RNA polymerase II

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 603-611

  Grünberg, Sebastian ^a   Hahn, Steven ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Coactivators; Mediator; Open complex; Preinitiation complex (PIC); RNA polymerase II; SAGA; TFIID; TFIIH; Transcription; Translocase

Indexed keywords

CHECKPOINT KINASE RAD3; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GENERAL TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IIA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IIB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IIH; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SAGA; XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM GROUP D PROTEIN;

ARCHAEON; COCKAYNE SYNDROME; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA DENATURATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME REGULATION; EUKARYOTE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRICHOTHIODYSTROPHY; XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM; YEAST;

ARCHAEA;

COACTIVATORS; MEDIATOR; OPEN COMPLEX; PREINITIATION COMPLEX (PIC); RNA POLYMERASE II; SAGA; TFIID; TFIIH; TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSLOCASE;

MODELS, MOLECULAR; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84888130540     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2013.09.002     Document Type: Review

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