The emerging roles of eRNAs in transcriptional regulatory networks

RNA Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 106-110

  Mousavi, Kambiz ^a   Zare, Hossein ^b   Koulnis, Miroslav ^b   Sartorelli, Vittorio ^b  

^a MODERNA THERAPEUTICS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Enhancers; eRNA; Histones; mRNA synthesis; Transcription

Indexed keywords

EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; ENHANCER RNA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3ALPHA; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 4; MEDIATOR COMPLEX; MESSENGER RNA; MYOD1 PROTEIN; PROTEIN P53; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; ENHANCER REGION; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EVOLUTION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HISTONE ACETYLATION; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEADY STATE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CHROMATIN; ENHANCERS; ERNA; HISTONES; MRNA SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION;

CHROMATIN; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84896845300     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.27950     Document Type: Review

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