In Defense of Biochemistry: Studies of Transcriptional Regulation
Roger D Kornberg1, Andrey Feklistov1
1Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University, School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, United States.
Abstract:
The mechanisms of the nucleosome and the Mediator complex, central players in transcriptional regulation, are only now coming into focus. Knowledge of the nucleosome and implications for chromosome structure derive almost entirely from studies performed in vitro. Knowledge of Mediator and the transduction of regulatory information is the product of discoveries made in vitro, together with information from genetic studies in yeast and and from aberrations in human disease. The mechanism of regulatory signal transduction by Mediator is an outstanding question, and a proposal is put forward on the basis of Mediator structure.
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