Transcription regulation by the Mediator complex

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 262-274

  Soutourina, Julie ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY OF THE CELL I2BC   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 8; MEDIATOR COMPLEX; MESSENGER RNA; CDK8 PROTEIN, HUMAN; RNA POLYMERASE II;

CHROMATIN; ENHANCER REGION; ENZYME INHIBITION; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR PORE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEOPLASM; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE 8; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MEDIATOR COMPLEX; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MYCOSES; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEAR PORE; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA POLYMERASE II; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 85041120528     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: 14710080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm.2017.115     Document Type: Review

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