R loops regulate promoter-proximal chromatin architecture and cellular differentiation

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 999-1007

  Chen, Poshen B ^a   Chen, Hsiuyi V ^a   Acharya, Diwash ^a   Rando, Oliver J ^a   Fazzio, Thomas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; BINDING PROTEIN; DNA; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; P400 PROTEIN; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2; RNA; TIP60 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHROMATIN; INOSITOL 1,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE RECEPTOR; ITPR1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; KAT5 PROTEIN, MOUSE; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL RENEWAL; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA DAMAGE; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA TEMPLATE; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HISTONE METHYLATION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN; DNA; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASES; INOSITOL 1,4,5-TRISPHOSPHATE RECEPTORS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 84949531152     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.3122     Document Type: Article

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