Abstract:
:Transcription is the first step in gene expression, and its regulation underlies multicellular development and the response to environmental changes. Most studies of transcriptional regulation have focused on the recruitment of RNA polymerase to promoters. However, recent work has shown that, for many promoters, post-recruitment steps in transcriptional initiation are likely to be rate limiting. The rate at which RNA polymerase transitions from transcriptional initiation to elongation varies dramatically between promoters and between organisms and is the target of multiple regulatory proteins that can function to both repress and activate transcription.
journal_name
Curr Opin Genet Devjournal_title
Current opinion in genetics & developmentauthors
Wade JT,Struhl Kdoi
10.1016/j.gde.2007.12.008subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2008-04-01 00:00:00pages
130-6issue
2eissn
0959-437Xissn
1879-0380pii
S0959-437X(08)00003-8journal_volume
18pub_type
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journal_title:Current opinion in genetics & development
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journal_title:Current opinion in genetics & development
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journal_title:Current opinion in genetics & development
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journal_title:Current opinion in genetics & development
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journal_title:Current opinion in genetics & development
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journal_title:Current opinion in genetics & development
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journal_title:Current opinion in genetics & development
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journal_title:Current opinion in genetics & development
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2020-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in genetics & development
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title:Current opinion in genetics & development
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title:Current opinion in genetics & development
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journal_title:Current opinion in genetics & development
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journal_title:Current opinion in genetics & development
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journal_title:Current opinion in genetics & development
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journal_title:Current opinion in genetics & development
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journal_title:Current opinion in genetics & development
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title:Current opinion in genetics & development
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journal_title:Current opinion in genetics & development
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title:Current opinion in genetics & development
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