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ArticlePloS one2013

Pleiohomeotic interacts with the core transcription elongation factor Spt5 to regulate gene expression in Drosophila.

Robert Harvey, Eugene Schuster, Barbara H Jennings

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Article in PloS one, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 44% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Robert HarveyTranscriptional Regulation Group, UCL Cancer Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
Eugene Schuster
Barbara H Jennings
University College London · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council G0800310Medical Research Council G0800339
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The early elongation checkpoint regulated by Positive Transcription Elongation Factor b (P-TEFb) is a critical control point for the expression of many genes. Spt5 interacts directly with RNA polymerase II and has an essential role in establishing this checkpoint, and also for further transcript elongation. Here we demonstrate that Drosophila Spt5 interacts both physically and genetically with the Polycomb Group (PcG) protein Pleiohomeotic (Pho), and the majority of Pho binding sites overlap with Spt5 binding sites across the genome in S2 cells. Our results indicate that Pho can interact with Spt5 to regulate transcription elongation in a gene specific manner.

Indexed as

Gene Expression RegulationAnimalsBinding SitesChromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsFemaleGenomicsMalePolycomb-Group ProteinsProtein BindingSuppression, GeneticTranscriptional Elongation FactorsWings, AnimalChromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneDrosophila Proteinspho protein, DrosophilaPolycomb-Group ProteinsSPT5 transcriptional elongation factorTranscriptional Elongation Factors

Identifiers

PMID23894613
PMCPMC3718797
OpenAlexW1978356672

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