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 code and beyond: transcription regulation by the RNA polymerase II carboxy-terminal domain

KM Harlen, LS Churchman - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2017 - nature.com
The carboxy-terminal domain (CTD) extends from the largest subunit of RNA polymerase II
(Pol II) as a long, repetitive and largely unstructured polypeptide chain. Throughout the …

Comparative flavivirus-host protein interaction map** reveals mechanisms of dengue and Zika virus pathogenesis

PS Shah, N Link, GM Jang, PP Sharp, T Zhu… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Mosquito-borne flaviviruses, including dengue virus (DENV) and Zika virus (ZIKV), are a
growing public health concern. Systems-level analysis of how flaviviruses hijack cellular …

Histone methylation: a dynamic mark in health, disease and inheritance

EL Greer, Y Shi - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2012 - nature.com
Organisms require an appropriate balance of stability and reversibility in gene expression
programmes to maintain cell identity or to enable responses to stimuli; epigenetic regulation …

Starch as a source, starch as a sink: the bifunctional role of starch in carbon allocation

GJ MacNeill, S Mehrpouyan, MAA Minow… - Journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Starch commands a central role in the carbon budget of the majority of plants on earth, and
its biological role changes during development and in response to the environment …

A double take on bivalent promoters

P Voigt, WW Tee, D Reinberg - Genes & development, 2013 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Histone modifications and chromatin-associated protein complexes are crucially involved in
the control of gene expression, supervising cell fate decisions and differentiation. Many …

Is H3K4me3 instructive for transcription activation?

FS Howe, H Fischl, SC Murray, J Mellor - Bioessays, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Tri‐methylation of lysine 4 on histone H3 (H3K4me3) is a near‐universal chromatin
modification at the transcription start site of active genes in eukaryotes from yeast to man …

[HTML][HTML] H3K4me3 breadth is linked to cell identity and transcriptional consistency

BA Benayoun, EA Pollina, D Ucar, S Mahmoudi… - Cell, 2014 - cell.com
Trimethylation of histone H3 at lysine 4 (H3K4me3) is a chromatin modification known to
mark the transcription start sites of active genes. Here, we show that H3K4me3 domains that …

The COMPASS family of histone H3K4 methylases: mechanisms of regulation in development and disease pathogenesis

A Shilatifard - Annual review of biochemistry, 2012 - annualreviews.org
The Saccharomyces cerevisiae Set1/COMPASS was the first histone H3 lysine 4 (H3K4)
methylase identified over 10 years ago. Since then, it has been demonstrated that …

New insights into nucleosome and chromatin structure: an ordered state or a disordered affair?

K Luger, ML Dechassa, DJ Tremethick - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2012 - nature.com
The compaction of genomic DNA into chromatin has profound implications for the regulation
of key processes such as transcription, replication and DNA repair. Nucleosomes, the …