Promoter shape varies across populations and affects promoter evolution and expression noise

IE Schor, JF Degner, D Harnett, E Cannavò… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Animal promoters initiate transcription either at precise positions (narrow promoters) or
dispersed regions (broad promoters), a distinction referred to as promoter shape. Although …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of cytoplasmic capping targets reveals a role for cap homeostasis in translation and mRNA stability

C Mukherjee, DP Patil, BA Kennedy, B Bakthavachalu… - Cell reports, 2012 - cell.com
The notion that decapping leads irreversibly to messenger RNA (mRNA) decay was
contradicted by the identification of capped transcripts missing portions of their 5′ ends and …

Identification of an ABCB1 (P‐glycoprotein)‐positive carfilzomib‐resistant myeloma subpopulation by the pluripotent stem cell fluorescent dye CDy1

TS Hawley, I Riz, W Yang… - American journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Multiple myeloma (MM) is characterized by the malignant expansion of differentiated plasma
cells. Although many chemotherapeutic agents display cytotoxic activity toward MM cells …

GT‐rich promoters can drive RNA pol II transcription and deposition of H2A. Z in African trypanosomes

C Wedel, KU Förstner, R Derr, TN Siegel - The EMBO journal, 2017 - embopress.org
Genome‐wide transcription studies are revealing an increasing number of “dispersed
promoters” that, unlike “focused promoters”, lack well‐conserved sequence motifs and tight …

ElemeNT: a computational tool for detecting core promoter elements

A Sloutskin, YM Danino, Y Orenstein, Y Zehavi… - …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Core promoter elements play a pivotal role in the transcriptional output, yet they are often
detected manually within sequences of interest. Here, we present 2 contributions to the …

Absence of canonical marks of active chromatin in developmentally regulated genes

S Pérez-Lluch, E Blanco, H Tilgner, J Curado… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
The interplay of active and repressive histone modifications is assumed to have a key role in
the regulation of gene expression. In contrast to this generally accepted view, we show that …

The NSL Complex Regulates Housekeeping Genes in Drosophila

KC Lam, F Muehlpfordt, JM Vaquerizas, SJ Raja… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
MOF is the major histone H4 lysine 16-specific (H4K16) acetyltransferase in mammals and
Drosophila. In flies, it is involved in the regulation of X-chromosomal and autosomal genes …

RAMPAGE: Promoter Activity Profiling by Paired‐End Sequencing of 5′‐Complete cDNAs

P Batut, TR Gingeras - Current protocols in molecular biology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
RNA annotation and mapping of promoters for analysis of gene expression (RAMPAGE) is a
method that harnesses highly specific sequencing of 5′‐complete complementary DNAs to …

[HTML][HTML] Regulation of gene expression in the genomic context

TJ Atkinson, MS Halfon - Computational and structural biotechnology …, 2014 - Elsevier
Metazoan life is dependent on the proper temporal and spatial control of gene expression
within the many cells—essentially all with the identical genome—that make up the organism …

The MOF-containing NSL complex associates globally with housekeeping genes, but activates only a defined subset

C Feller, M Prestel, H Hartmann, T Straub… - Nucleic acids …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
The MOF (males absent on the first)-containing NSL (non-specific lethal) complex binds to a
subset of active promoters in Drosophila melanogaster and is thought to contribute to proper …