Hormone-induced and dna demethylation-induced relief of a tissue-specific and developmentally regulated block in transcriptional elongation

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 289, Issue 51, 2014, Pages 35087-35101

  Rao, Manjeet K ^a,d   Matsumoto, Yuiko ^a,b   Richardson, Marcy E ^b   Panneerdoss, Subbarayalu ^c   Bhardwaj, Anjana ^a,e   Ward, Jacqueline M ^b   Shanker, Sreenath ^a,f   Bettegowda, Anilkumar ^a,b   Wilkinson, Miles F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^f ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ELONGATION; TRANSCRIPTION;

ANDROGEN RECEPTORS; CHROMATIN REMODELING FACTORS; DNA DEMETHYLATION; ELONGATION FACTOR; HISTONE MODIFICATION; NUCLEAR HORMONE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION START SITE; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ELONGATIONS;

TISSUE;

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; DNA; ELONGATION FACTOR; HISTONE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR COACTIVATOR 2; RNA POLYMERASE II; ANDROGEN; POSITIVE TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTOR B; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DEMETHYLATION; DNA METHYLATION; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; EPIGENETICS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; PROMOTER REGION; RHOX5 GENE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CELL LINE; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HELA CELL LINE; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMINAL VESICLE; TESTIS;

VERTEBRATA;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HELA CELLS; HISTONES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MICE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; POSITIVE TRANSCRIPTIONAL ELONGATION FACTOR B; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA POLYMERASE II; SEMINAL VESICLES; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84919341529     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M114.615435     Document Type: Article

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