The Mediator complex: A master coordinator of transcription and cell lineage development

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 977-987

  Yin, Jing Wen ^a   Wang, Gang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cell fate; Disease; Lineage development; Mediator complex; Transcription

Indexed keywords

CELL FATE; DISEASE; LINEAGE DEVELOPMENT; MEDIATOR COMPLEX; TRANSCRIPTION;

ANIMALS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MEDIATOR COMPLEX; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84894084126     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.098392     Document Type: Article

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