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 …

Structural insights into the functional diversity of the CDK–cyclin family

DJ Wood, JA Endicott - Open biology, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Since their characterization as conserved modules that regulate progression through the
eukaryotic cell cycle, cyclin-dependent protein kinases (CDKs) in higher eukaryotic cells are …

Activation of HIV transcription with short-course vorinostat in HIV-infected patients on suppressive antiretroviral therapy

JH Elliott, F Wightman, A Solomon, K Ghneim… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) persistence in latently infected resting memory CD4+
T-cells is the major barrier to HIV cure. Cellular histone deacetylases (HDACs) are important …

Brd4 activates P-TEFb for RNA polymerase II CTD phosphorylation

F Itzen, AK Greifenberg, CA Bösken… - Nucleic acids …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The bromodomain protein Brd4 regulates the transcription of signal-inducible genes. This is
achieved by recruiting the positive transcription elongation factor P-TEFb to promoters by its …

The molecular basis for human immunodeficiency virus latency

U Mbonye, J Karn - Annual review of virology, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Although potent combination antiretroviral therapy can effectively block viral replication in
the host, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) persists due to the existence of latent but …

Cracking the control of RNA polymerase II elongation by 7SK snRNP and P-TEFb

AJ C. Quaresma, A Bugai, M Barboric - Nucleic acids research, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Release of RNA polymerase II (Pol II) from promoter-proximal pausing has emerged as a
critical step regulating gene expression in multicellular organisms. The transition of Pol II …

Compensatory induction of MYC expression by sustained CDK9 inhibition via a BRD4-dependent mechanism

H Lu, Y Xue, GK Yu, C Arias, J Lin, S Fong, M Faure… - elife, 2015 - elifesciences.org
CDK9 is the kinase subunit of positive transcription elongation factor b (P-TEFb) that
enables RNA polymerase (Pol) II's transition from promoter-proximal pausing to productive …

HIV-1 proviral transcription and latency in the new era

A Shukla, NGP Ramirez, I D'Orso - Viruses, 2020 - mdpi.com
Three decades of extensive work in the HIV field have revealed key viral and host cell
factors controlling proviral transcription. Various models of transcriptional regulation have …

Transcription: insights from the HIV-1 promoter

E Ne, RJ Palstra, T Mahmoudi - International review of cell and molecular …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this review, we cover transcription regulation of human immunodeficiency virus type 1
(HIV-1) gene expression, focusing on the invaluable contributions, made by HIV research …

LARP7 suppresses P-TEFb activity to inhibit breast cancer progression and metastasis

X Ji, H Lu, Q Zhou, K Luo - Elife, 2014 - elifesciences.org
Transcriptional elongation by RNA polymerase (Pol) II is essential for gene expression
during cell growth and differentiation. The positive transcription elongation factor b (P-TEFb) …