Evidence for distinct mechanisms facilitating transcript elongation through chromatin in vivo

EMBO Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 4243-4252

  Kristjuhan, Arnold ^a   Svejstrup, Jesper Q ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ELP3; GAL1; GCN5; Histone acetylation; Transcript elongation

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE ALPHA; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTOR;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; DNA HISTONE INTERACTION; ELP3 GENE; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME MECHANISM; FUSION GENE; GAL GENE; GAL VPS13 FUSION GENE; GCN5 GENE; GENE; GENE INDUCTION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; YEAST;

ACETYLATION; CHROMATIN; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GALACTOSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, SUPPRESSOR; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASES; HISTONES; NUCLEOSOMES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN KINASES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA POLYMERASE II; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 9144274420     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600433     Document Type: Article

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