Determinants of enhancer and promoter activities of regulatory elements

R Andersson, A Sandelin - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2020 - nature.com
The proper activities of enhancers and gene promoters are essential for coordinated
transcription within a cell. Although diverse methodologies have been developed to identify …

Eukaryotic core promoters and the functional basis of transcription initiation

V Haberle, A Stark - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract RNA polymerase II (Pol II) core promoters are specialized DNA sequences at
transcription start sites of protein-coding and non-coding genes that support the assembly of …

Promoter-proximal pausing of RNA polymerase II: a nexus of gene regulation

L Core, K Adelman - Genes & development, 2019 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Precise spatio–temporal control of gene activity is essential for organismal development,
growth, and survival in a changing environment. Decisive steps in gene regulation involve …

Genomic regulation of transcription and RNA processing by the multitasking Integrator complex

SA Welsh, A Gardini - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2023 - nature.com
In higher eukaryotes, fine-tuned activation of protein-coding genes and many non-coding
RNAs pivots around the regulated activity of RNA polymerase II (Pol II). The Integrator …

P-TEFb: The master regulator of transcription elongation

K Fujinaga, F Huang, BM Peterlin - Molecular cell, 2023 - cell.com
The positive transcription elongation factor b (P-TEFb) is composed of cyclins T1 or T2 and
cyclin-dependent kinase 9 that regulate the elongation phase of transcription by RNA …

Hedgehog/GLI signaling pathway: transduction, regulation, and implications for disease

AN Sigafoos, BD Paradise, ME Fernandez-Zapico - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The Hedgehog/GLI (Hh/GLI) pathway plays a major role during
development and it is commonly dysregulated in many diseases, including cancer. This …

Born to run: control of transcription elongation by RNA polymerase II

FX Chen, ER Smith, A Shilatifard - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2018 - nature.com
The dynamic regulation of transcription elongation by RNA polymerase II (Pol II) is an
integral part of the implementation of gene expression programmes during development. In …

The Mediator complex: a central integrator of transcription

BL Allen, DJ Taatjes - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2015 - nature.com
Abstract The RNA polymerase II (Pol II) enzyme transcribes all protein-coding and most non-
coding RNA genes and is globally regulated by Mediator—a large, conformationally flexible …

Mll3 and Mll4 facilitate enhancer RNA synthesis and transcription from promoters independently of H3K4 monomethylation

KM Dorighi, T Swigut, T Henriques, NV Bhanu… - Molecular cell, 2017 - cell.com
Monomethylation of histone H3 at lysine 4 (H3K4me1) and acetylation of histone H3 at
lysine 27 (H3K27ac) are correlated with transcriptionally engaged enhancer elements, but …

Nascent RNA analyses: tracking transcription and its regulation

EM Wissink, A Vihervaara, ND Tippens… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
The programmes that direct an organism's development and maintenance are encoded in its
genome. Decoding of this information begins with regulated transcription of genomic DNA …