Epigenetic alterations in depression and antidepressant treatment

A Menke, EB Binder - Dialogues in clinical neuroscience, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Epigenetic modifications control chromatin structure and function, and thus mediate changes
in gene expression, ultimately influencing protein levels. Recent research indicates that …

Genome-wide profiling of yeast DNA: RNA hybrid prone sites with DRIP-chip

YA Chan, MJ Aristizabal, PYT Lu, Z Luo, A Hamza… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
DNA: RNA hybrid formation is emerging as a significant cause of genome instability in
biological systems ranging from bacteria to mammals. Here we describe the genome-wide …

Transcriptional regulatory proteins in central carbon metabolism of Pichia pastoris and Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Ö Kalender, P Çalık - Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2020 - Springer
Abstract System-wide interactions in living cells and discovery of the diverse roles of
transcriptional regulatory proteins that are mediator proteins with catalytic domains and …

[HTML][HTML] RNA Pol II length and disorder enable cooperative scaling of transcriptional bursting

P Quintero-Cadena, TL Lenstra, PW Sternberg - Molecular cell, 2020 - cell.com
Summary RNA polymerase II (RNA Pol II) contains a disordered C-terminal domain (CTD)
whose length enigmatically correlates with genome size. The CTD is crucial to eukaryotic …

Transcription activation depends on the length of the RNA polymerase II C‐terminal domain

A Sawicka, G Villamil, M Lidschreiber, X Darzacq… - The EMBO …, 2021 - embopress.org
Abstract Eukaryotic RNA polymerase II (Pol II) contains a tail‐like, intrinsically disordered
carboxy‐terminal domain (CTD) comprised of heptad‐repeats, that functions in coordination …

Different phosphoisoforms of RNA polymerase II engage the Rtt103 termination factor in a structurally analogous manner

CM Nemec, F Yang, JM Gilmore… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
The carboxyl-terminal domain (CTD) of the largest subunit of RNA polymerase II (Pol II)
orchestrates dynamic recruitment of specific cellular machines during different stages of …

CDK8 inhibitors antagonize HIV-1 reactivation and promote provirus latency in T cells

RM Horvath, ZL Brumme, I Sadowski - Journal of Virology, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Latent HIV-1 provirus represents the barrier toward a cure for infection and is dependent
upon the host RNA Polymerase (Pol) II machinery for reemergence. Here, we find that …

[HTML][HTML] The Ess1 prolyl isomerase: traffic cop of the RNA polymerase II transcription cycle

SD Hanes - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Gene Regulatory …, 2014 - Elsevier
Ess1 is a prolyl isomerase that regulates the structure and function of eukaryotic RNA
polymerase II. Ess1 works by catalyzing the cis/trans conversion of pSer5–Pro6 bonds, and …

Sub1 contacts the RNA polymerase II stalk to modulate mRNA synthesis

M Garavís, N González-Polo… - Nucleic acids …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Biogenesis of messenger RNA is critically influenced by the phosphorylation state of the
carboxy-terminal domain (CTD) in the largest RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) subunit. Several …

Gene transcription as a limiting factor in protein production and cell growth

E Metzl-Raz, M Kafri, G Yaakov… - G3: Genes, Genomes …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Cell growth is driven by the synthesis of proteins, genes, and other cellular components.
Defining processes that limit biosynthesis rates is fundamental for understanding the …