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ReviewJournal of molecular biology2025

RNA Polymerase II Activity Control of Gene Expression and Involvement in Disease.

James C Kuldell, Craig D Kaplan

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Review in Journal of molecular biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing 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

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Genetic alterations in SUPT6H are associated with neurodevelopmental disorders.Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular basis of disease · 2026
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  12. Higher-order epistasis within Pol II trigger loop haplotypes.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 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.

James C KuldellDepartment of Biological Sciences, 202A LSA, Fifth and Ruskin Avenues, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA 15260, United States.
Craig D KaplanDepartment of Biological Sciences, 202A LSA, Fifth and Ruskin Avenues, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA 15260, United States. Electronic address: craig.kaplan@pitt.edu.

Funding

Mechanisms of RNA Polymerase II transcriptionR35GM144116 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Craig Kaplan · 2022 to 2026
$3.4M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM144116
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gene expression is dependent on RNA Polymerase II (Pol II) activity in eukaryotes. In addition to determining the rate of RNA synthesis for all protein coding genes, Pol II serves as a platform for the recruitment of factors and regulation of co-transcriptional events, from RNA processing to chromatin modification and remodeling. The transcriptome can be shaped by changes in Pol II kinetics affecting RNA synthesis itself or because of alterations to co-transcriptional events that are responsive to or coupled with transcription. Genetic, biochemical, and structural approaches to Pol II in model organisms have revealed critical insights into how Pol II works and the types of factors that regulate it. The complexity of Pol II regulation generally increases with organismal complexity. In this review, we describe fundamental aspects of how Pol II activity can shape gene expression, discuss recent advances in how Pol II elongation is regulated on genes, and how altered Pol II function is linked to human disease and aging.

Indexed as

Gene Expression RegulationRNA Polymerase IIAnimalsHumansTranscription, GeneticRNA Polymerase IIco-transcriptional processesgenetic diseaseneurodevelopmented disordersRNA polymerase IItranscription

Identifiers

PMID39214283
PMCPMC11781076

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