P-TEFb: The master regulator of transcription elongation

K Fu**aga, 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 …

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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] The PP2A-Integrator-CDK9 axis fine-tunes transcription and can be targeted therapeutically in cancer

SJ Vervoort, SA Welsh, JR Devlin, E Barbieri… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Gene expression by RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) is tightly controlled by cyclin-dependent
kinases (CDKs) at discrete checkpoints during the transcription cycle. The pausing …

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 …

Differential cofactor dependencies define distinct types of human enhancers

C Neumayr, V Haberle, L Serebreni, K Karner… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
All multicellular organisms rely on differential gene transcription regulated by genomic
enhancers, which function through cofactors that are recruited by transcription factors …

The m6A methyltransferase METTL3 promotes bladder cancer progression via AFF4/NF-κB/MYC signaling network

M Cheng, L Sheng, Q Gao, Q **ong, H Zhang, M Wu… - Oncogene, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract N 6-methyladenosine (m6A) is the most abundant modification in eukaryotic
messenger RNAs (mRNAs), and plays important roles in many bioprocesses. However, its …

MLL-rearranged leukemias—an update on science and clinical approaches

AC Winters, KM Bernt - Frontiers in pediatrics, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The mixed-lineage leukemia 1 (MLL1) gene (now renamed Lysine [K]-specific
MethylTransferase 2A or KMT2A) on chromosome 11q23 is disrupted in a unique group of …

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 …

Epigenetic balance of gene expression by Polycomb and COMPASS families

A Piunti, A Shilatifard - Science, 2016 - science.org
BACKGROUND Multicellular organisms depend on the precise orchestration of gene
expression to direct embryonic development and to maintain tissue homeostasis through …