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Artificial RNA Polymerase II Elongation Complexes for Dissecting Co-transcriptional RNA Processing Events
Published on: May 13, 2019
Global role for coactivator complexes in RNA polymerase II transcription
Veronique Fischer1,2,3,4, Kenny Schumacher1,2,3,4, Laszlo Tora1,2,3,4
1a Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire , Illkirch , France.
Abstract:
SAGA and TFIID are related transcription complexes, which were proposed to alternatively deliver TBP at different promoter classes. Recent genome-wide studies in yeast revealed that both complexes are required for the transcription of a vast majority of genes by RNA polymerase II raising new questions about the role of coactivators.
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