RNA polymerase II pausing during development

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1179-1183

  Gaertner, Bjoern ^a   Zeitlinger, Julia ^a,b  

^a STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental control genes; Pol II pausing; Transcription elongation

Indexed keywords

BMI1 PROTEIN; CAPPED RNA; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 9; HISTONE H3; POSITIVE TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTOR B; RNA POLYMERASE II; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CPG ISLAND; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE CONTROL; GENE INDUCTION; GENE TARGETING; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C MYC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

DEVELOPMENTAL CONTROL GENES; POL II PAUSING; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84896825554     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.088492     Document Type: Article

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