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Artificial RNA Polymerase II Elongation Complexes for Dissecting Co-transcriptional RNA Processing Events
Published on: May 13, 2019
RNA polymerase II stalling: loading at the start prepares genes for a sprint
1Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Department, Yale University, PO Box 208103, New Haven, CT 06511, USA. Michael.Snyder@yale.edu
Abstract:
Stalling of RNA polymerase II near the promoter has recently been found to be much more common than previously thought. Genome-wide surveys of the phenomenon suggest that it is likely to be a rate-limiting control on gene activation that poises developmental and stimulus-responsive genes for prompt expression when inducing signals are received.
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