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 …

Control of transcriptional elongation

H Kwak, JT Lis - Annual review of genetics, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Elongation is becoming increasingly recognized as a critical step in eukaryotic
transcriptional regulation. Although traditional genetic and biochemical studies have …

Structure of activated transcription complex Pol II–DSIF–PAF–SPT6

SM Vos, L Farnung, M Boehning, C Wigge, A Linden… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Gene regulation involves activation of RNA polymerase II (Pol II) that is paused and bound
by the protein complexes DRB sensitivity-inducing factor (DSIF) and negative elongation …

Deregulated expression of mammalian lncRNA through loss of SPT6 induces R-loop formation, replication stress, and cellular senescence

T Nojima, M Tellier, J Foxwell, CR de Almeida… - Molecular cell, 2018 - cell.com
Extensive tracts of the mammalian genome that lack protein-coding function are still
transcribed into long noncoding RNA. While these lncRNAs are generally short lived, length …

Chromatin and transcription in yeast

OJ Rando, F Winston - Genetics, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Understanding the mechanisms by which chromatin structure controls eukaryotic
transcription has been an intense area of investigation for the past 25 years. Many of the key …

Histone chaperones: assisting histone traffic and nucleosome dynamics

ZA Gurard-Levin, JP Quivy… - Annual review of …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
The functional organization of eukaryotic DNA into chromatin uses histones as components
of its building block, the nucleosome. Histone chaperones, which are proteins that escort …

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 …

Breaking barriers to transcription elongation

A Saunders, LJ Core, JT Lis - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2006 - nature.com
Hundreds of protein factors participate in transcription and its regulation in eukaryotes. Many
of these proteins regulate specific genes by targeting upstream promoter regions, whereas a …

Distinction and relationship between elongation rate and processivity of RNA polymerase II in vivo

PB Mason, K Struhl - Molecular cell, 2005 - cell.com
A number of proteins and drugs have been implicated in the process of transcriptional
elongation by RNA polymerase (Pol) II, but the factors that govern the elongation rate …

H2B ubiquitylation plays a role in nucleosome dynamics during transcription elongation

AB Fleming, CF Kao, C Hillyer, M Pikaart, MA Osley - Molecular cell, 2008 - cell.com
The monoubiquitylation of histone H2B has been associated with transcription initiation and
elongation, but its role in these processes is poorly understood. We report that H2B …