Pausing of RNA Polymerase II Regulates Mammalian Developmental Potential through Control of Signaling Networks

Molecular Cell

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 311-322

  Williams, Lucy H ^a   Fromm, George ^a   Gokey, Nolan G ^a   Henriques, Telmo ^a   Muse, Ginger W ^a   Burkholder, Adam ^a   Fargo, David C ^a   Hu, Guang ^a   Adelman, Karen ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 11; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTOR NELF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; NELF PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; LETHALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MAMMALS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA POLYMERASE III; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84928214306     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: 10974164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2015.02.003     Document Type: Article

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