Stably paused genes revealed through inhibition of transcription initiation by the TFIIH inhibitor triptolide

Genes and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 39-47

  Chen, Fei ^a   Gao, Xin ^a   Shilatifard, Ali ^a,b  

^a STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hromatin; RNA polymerase II; Transcription

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IIH; TRIPTOLIDE; DITERPENE; EPOXIDE; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN BINDING;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HCT116 CELL LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME; METABOLISM; PROTEIN STABILITY;

METAZOA;

CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DITERPENES; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME; HCT116 CELLS; HUMANS; PHENANTHRENES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; RNA POLYMERASE II;

EID: 84920400540     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.246173.114     Document Type: Article

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