scholarly journals Compensatory Energetic Relationships between Upstream Activators and the RNA Polymerase II General Transcription Machinery

1998 ◽  
Vol 273 (2) ◽  
pp. 932-939 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison M. Lehman ◽  
Katharine B. Ellwood ◽  
Blake E. Middleton ◽  
Michael Carey
2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (11) ◽  
pp. 5573-5586 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Steinbach ◽  
Dan Hasson ◽  
Deepti Mathur ◽  
Elias E Stratikopoulos ◽  
Ravi Sachidanandam ◽  
...  

PLoS Genetics ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. e1003914 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominik M. Meinel ◽  
Cornelia Burkert-Kautzsch ◽  
Anja Kieser ◽  
Eoghan O'Duibhir ◽  
Matthias Siebert ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (9) ◽  
pp. 3354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan D. Martin ◽  
Terence E. Hébert ◽  
Jason C. Tanny

Inhibitors targeting the general RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) transcription machinery are candidate therapeutics in cancer and other complex diseases. Here, we review the molecular targets and mechanisms of action of these compounds, framing them within the steps of RNAPII transcription. We discuss the effects of transcription inhibitors in vitro and in cellular models (with an emphasis on cancer), as well as their efficacy in preclinical and clinical studies. We also discuss the rationale for inhibiting broadly acting transcriptional regulators or RNAPII itself in complex diseases.


2001 ◽  
Vol 276 (50) ◽  
pp. 47150-47153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tilman Borggrefe ◽  
Ralph Davis ◽  
Avital Bareket-Samish ◽  
Roger D. Kornberg

TAP tags and dot blot analysis have been used to measure the amounts of RNA polymerase II transcription proteins in crude yeast extracts. The measurements showed comparable amounts of RNA polymerase II, TFIIE, and TFIIF, lower levels of TBP and TFIIB, and still lower levels of Mediator and TFIIH. These findings are consistent with the presumed roles of the transcription proteins, but do not support the idea of their recruitment in a single large complex to RNA polymerase II promoters. The approach employed here can be readily extended to quantitative analysis of the entire yeast proteome.


2001 ◽  
Vol 382 (8) ◽  
pp. 1103-1107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger D. Kornberg

Abstract Seven purified proteins may be combined to reconstitute regulated, promoterdependent RNA polymerase II transcription: five general transcription factors, Mediator, and RNA polymerase II. The entire system has been conserved across species from yeast to humans. The structure of RNA polymerase II, consisting of 10 polypeptides with a mass of about 500 kDa, has been determined at atomic resolution. On the basis of this structure, that of an actively transcribing RNA polymerase II complex has been determined as well.


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