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ReviewTrends in genetics : TIG2012

Overcoming the nucleosome barrier during transcript elongation.

Steven J Petesch, John T Lis

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Review in Trends in genetics : TIG, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 93 papers.

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93citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

93 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Topology Resetting During Transcription-Coupled Nucleotide Excision Repair.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  8. Toward structural understanding of eukaryotic transcription elongation.Proceedings of the Japan Academy. Series B, Physical and biological sciences · 2025
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  9. How does CHD4 slide nucleosomes?Biochemical Society transactions · 2024
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  12. Cryo-EM structure and functional analysis of the chromatin remodeler RSF.Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology communications · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Steven J PeteschDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
John T Lis

Funding

PREDOCTORAL TRAINING IN CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGYT32GM007273 · NIGMS · CORNELL UNIVERSITY ITHACA · PI BRETSCHER, ANTHONY P. · 1985 to 2019
$11.6M
COORDINATE GENE REGULATION IN ANIMAL CELLSR01GM025232 · NIGMS · CORNELL UNIVERSITY ITHACA · PI LIS, JOHN T · 1985 to 2020
$8.4M
COORDINATE GENE REGULATION IN ANIMAL CELLSR37GM025232 · NIGMS · CORNELL UNIVERSITY ITHACA · PI LIS, JOHN THOMAS · 1995 to 2004
$2.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM25232NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM025232NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM025232NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007273NIGMS NIH HHS T32-GM70723
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RNA polymerase II (Pol II) must break the nucleosomal barrier to gain access to DNA and transcribe genes efficiently. New single-molecule techniques have elucidated many molecular details of nucleosome disassembly and what happens once Pol II encounters a nucleosome. Our review highlights mechanisms that Pol II utilizes to transcribe through nucleosomes, including the roles of chromatin remodelers, histone chaperones, post-translational modifications of histones, incorporation of histone variants into nucleosomes, and activation of the poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) enzyme. Future studies need to assess the molecular details and the contribution of each of these mechanisms, individually and in combination, to transcription across the genome to understand how cells are able to regulate transcription in response to developmental, environmental and nutritional cues.

Indexed as

Transcription, GeneticAnimalsEnzyme ActivationGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansNucleosomesPoly(ADP-ribose) PolymerasesNucleosomesPoly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases

Identifiers

PMID22465610
PMCPMC3466053

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