Evidence map›Paper›PMID 23430654›Full record

ArticleScience (New York, N.Y.)2013

Precise maps of RNA polymerase reveal how promoters direct initiation and pausing.

Hojoong Kwak, Nicholas J Fuda, Leighton J Core, John T Lis

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Article in Science (New York, N.Y.), 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 543 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Hojoong KwakDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
Nicholas J Fuda
Leighton J Core
John T Lis

Funding

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
Quantifying the Genome-wide Distribution of Transcriptionally-engaged RNA PolymerR01HG004845 · NHGRI · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · PI LIS, JOHN T · 2009 to 2011
$1.0M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNHGRI NIH HHS HG004845NHGRI NIH HHS R01 HG004845NIGMS NIH HHS GM25232NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM025232NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM025232
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transcription regulation occurs frequently through promoter-associated pausing of RNA polymerase II (Pol II). We developed a precision nuclear run-on and sequencing (PRO-seq) assay to map the genome-wide distribution of transcriptionally engaged Pol II at base pair resolution. Pol II accumulates immediately downstream of promoters, at intron-exon junctions that are efficiently used for splicing, and over 3' polyadenylation sites. Focused analyses of promoters reveal that pausing is not fixed relative to initiation sites, nor is it specified directly by the position of a particular core promoter element or the first nucleosome. Core promoter elements function beyond initiation, and when optimally positioned they act collectively to dictate the position and strength of pausing. This "complex interaction" model was tested with insertional mutagenesis of the Drosophila Hsp70 core promoter.

Indexed as

Promoter Regions, GeneticTranscription, GeneticTranscription Initiation, GeneticAnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedBase PairingDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsGene Expression RegulationGenes, InsectGenome, InsectHSP70 Heat-Shock ProteinsModels, GeneticMutagenesis, InsertionalNucleosomesRNA Polymerase IIDrosophila ProteinsHSP70 Heat-Shock ProteinsNucleosomesRNA Polymerase IIRNA Splice Sites

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PMID23430654
PMCPMC3974810

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