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ReviewTrends in biochemical sciences2010

The human Mediator complex: a versatile, genome-wide regulator of transcription.

Dylan J Taatjes

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Review in Trends in biochemical sciences, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 181 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

181 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Dylan J TaatjesDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA. Taatjes@colorado.edu

Funding

Mechanistic Studies of Mediator and the p53 Tumor SuppressorR01CA127364 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO · PI TAATJES, DYLAN J · 2007 to 2011
$1.1M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA127364
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Mediator complex interacts extensively with the RNA polymerase II enzyme and regulates its ability to express protein-coding genes. The mechanisms by which Mediator regulates gene expression remain poorly understood, in part because the structure of Mediator and even its composition can change, depending upon the promoter context. Combined with the sheer size of the human Mediator complex (26 subunits, 1.2 MDa), this structural adaptability bestows seemingly unlimited regulatory potential within the complex. Recent efforts to understand Mediator structure and function have identified expanded roles that include control of both pre- and post-initiation events; it is also evident that Mediator performs both general and gene-specific roles to regulate gene expression.

Indexed as

Gene Expression RegulationTranscription, GeneticAnimalsHumansMediator ComplexTranscription FactorsMediator ComplexTranscription Factors

Identifiers

PMID20299225
PMCPMC2891401

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