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Elongator: transcriptional or translational regulator?
Sebastian Glatt1, Bertrand Séraphin, Christoph W Müller
1European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Structural and Computational Biology Unit, Heidelberg, Germany.
Abstract:
The conserved multi-subunit Elongator complex was initially described as a RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) associated transcription elongation factor, but since has been shown to be involved a variety of different cellular activities. Here, we summarize recent developments in the field and discuss the resulting implications for the proposed multi-functionality of Elongator.
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