Kinetics of promoter Pol II on Hsp70 reveal stable pausing and key insights into its regulation

Genes and Development

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 14-19

  Buckley, Martin S ^a   Kwak, Hojoong ^a   Zipfel, Warren R ^b   Lis, John T ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

Escape to productive elongation; Nascent RNA; Photoactivation; Promoter proximal pausing; RNA polymerase II; Termination

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME KINETICS; GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HALF LIFE TIME; HEAT SHOCK; HEAT SHOCK GENE 70; NONHUMAN; PHOTOACTIVATION; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SALIVARY GLAND; STEADY STATE; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION; TRANSCRIPTION PAUSING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

EID: 84891691781     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.231886.113     Document Type: Article

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