One step back before moving forward: regulation of transcription elongation by arrest and backtracking

RNA polymerase II backtracking is a well-known phenomenon, but its involvement in gene regulation is yet to be addressed. Structural studies into the backtracked complex, new reactivation mechanisms and genome-wide approaches are shedding some light on this interesting aspect of gene transcription....

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Autores: Gómez Herreros, Fernando, Miguel Jiménez, María Dolores De, Millán Zambrano, Gonzalo, Peñate Salas, Xenia, Delgado Ramos, Lidia, Muñoz Centeno, María de la Cruz, Chávez de Diego, Sebastián
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/131126
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/131126
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.febslet.2012.07.030
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:RNA polymerase II
Transcription elongation
Backtracking
TFIIS
RNA cleavage
Ribosomal protein genes
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Sumario:RNA polymerase II backtracking is a well-known phenomenon, but its involvement in gene regulation is yet to be addressed. Structural studies into the backtracked complex, new reactivation mechanisms and genome-wide approaches are shedding some light on this interesting aspect of gene transcription. In this review, we briefly summarise these new findings, comment about some results recently obtained in our laboratory, and propose a new model for the influence of the chromatin context on RNA polymerase II backtracking.