Transcriptional elongation control in developmental gene expression, aging, and disease

Y Aoi, A Shilatifard - Molecular cell, 2023 - cell.com
The elongation stage of transcription by RNA polymerase II (RNA Pol II) is central to the
regulation of gene expression in response to developmental and environmental cues in …

Yeast carbon catabolite repression

JM Gancedo - Microbiology and molecular biology reviews, 1998 - Am Soc Microbiol
Glucose and related sugars repress the transcription of genes encoding enzymes required
for the utilization of alternative carbon sources; some of these genes are also repressed by …

Structural basis of nucleosome disassembly and reassembly by RNAPII elongation complex with FACT

H Ehara, T Kujirai, M Shirouzu, H Kurumizaka… - Science, 2022 - science.org
During gene transcription, RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) traverses nucleosomes in chromatin,
but the mechanism has remained elusive. Using cryo–electron microscopy, we obtained …

Histone marks in the 'driver's seat': functional roles in steering the transcription cycle

LA Gates, CE Foulds, BW O'malley - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2017 - cell.com
Particular chromatin modifications are associated with different states of gene transcription,
yet our understanding of which modifications are causal 'drivers' in promoting transcription is …

[HTML][HTML] Histone H2B monoubiquitination functions cooperatively with FACT to regulate elongation by RNA polymerase II

R Pavri, B Zhu, G Li, P Trojer, S Mandal, A Shilatifard… - Cell, 2006 - cell.com
Over the past years, a large number of histone posttranslational modifications have been
described, some of which function to attain a repressed chromatin structure, while others …

HRPT2, encoding parafibromin, is mutated in hyperparathyroidism–jaw tumor syndrome

JD Carpten, CM Robbins, A Villablanca, L Forsberg… - Nature …, 2002 - nature.com
We report here the identification of a gene associated with the hyperparathyroidism–jaw
tumor (HPT–JT) syndrome. A single locus associated with HPT–JT (HRPT2) was previously …

The Paf1 complex: a keystone of nuclear regulation operating at the interface of transcription and chromatin

AM Francette, SA Tripplehorn, KM Arndt - Journal of molecular biology, 2021 - Elsevier
The regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II is closely intertwined with the
regulation of chromatin structure. A host of proteins required for the disassembly …

Elongation by RNA polymerase II: the short and long of it

RJ Sims, R Belotserkovskaya… - Genes & …, 2004 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Appreciable advances into the process of transcript elongation by RNA polymerase II (RNAP
II) have identified this stage as a dynamic and highly regulated step of the transcription …

Molecular genetics of the RNA polymerase II general transcriptional machinery

M Hampsey - Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, 1998 - Am Soc Microbiol
Transcription initiation by RNA polymerase II (RNA pol II) requires interaction between cis-
acting promoter elements and trans-acting factors. The eukaryotic promoter consists of core …

RNA Polymerase II Elongation Factors of Saccharomyces cerevisiae: a Targeted Proteomics Approach

NJ Krogan, M Kim, SH Ahn, G Zhong… - … and cellular biology, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
To physically characterize the web of interactions connecting the Saccharomyces cerevisiae
proteins suspected to be RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) elongation factors, subunits of …