Organization and regulation of gene transcription

P Cramer - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
The regulated transcription of genes determines cell identity and function. Recent structural
studies have elucidated mechanisms that govern the regulation of transcription by RNA …

Structural insights into nuclear transcription by eukaryotic DNA-dependent RNA polymerases

M Girbig, AD Misiaszek, CW Müller - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2022 - nature.com
The eukaryotic transcription apparatus synthesizes a staggering diversity of RNA molecules.
The labour of nuclear gene transcription is, therefore, divided among multiple DNA …

50+ years of eukaryotic transcription: an expanding universe of factors and mechanisms

RG Roeder - Nature structural & molecular biology, 2019 - nature.com
The landmark 1969 discovery of nuclear RNA polymerases I, II and III in diverse eukaryotes
represented a major turning point in the field that, with subsequent elucidation of the distinct …

Conservation between the RNA polymerase I, II, and III transcription initiation machineries

A Vannini, P Cramer - Molecular cell, 2012 - cell.com
Recent studies of the three eukaryotic transcription machineries revealed that all initiation
complexes share a conserved core. This core consists of the RNA polymerase (I, II, or III), the …

Transcription termination by nuclear RNA polymerases

P Richard, JL Manley - Genes & development, 2009 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Gene transcription in the cell nucleus is a complex and highly regulated process.
Transcription in eukaryotes requires three distinct RNA polymerases, each of which employs …

RNA polymerase I structure and transcription regulation

C Engel, S Sainsbury, AC Cheung, D Kostrewa… - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
Transcription of ribosomal RNA by RNA polymerase (Pol) I initiates ribosome biogenesis
and regulates eukaryotic cell growth. The crystal structure of Pol I from the yeast …

Structure of eukaryotic RNA polymerases

P Cramer, KJ Armache, S Baumli, S Benkert… - Annu. Rev …, 2008 - annualreviews.org
The eukaryotic RNA polymerases Pol I, Pol II, and Pol III are the central multiprotein
machines that synthesize ribosomal, messenger, and transfer RNA, respectively. Here we …

Molecular structures of unbound and transcribing RNA polymerase III

NA Hoffmann, AJ Jakobi, M Moreno-Morcillo, S Glatt… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Transcription of genes encoding small structured RNAs such as transfer RNAs,
spliceosomal U6 small nuclear RNA and ribosomal 5S RNA is carried out by RNA …

Mutations of POLR3A encoding a catalytic subunit of RNA polymerase Pol III cause a recessive hypomyelinating leukodystrophy

G Bernard, E Chouery, ML Putorti, M Tétreault… - The American Journal of …, 2011 - cell.com
Leukodystrophies are a heterogeneous group of inherited neurodegenerative disorders
characterized by abnormal white matter visible by brain imaging. It is estimated that at least …

The landscape of transcription errors in eukaryotic cells

JF Gout, W Li, C Fritsch, A Li, S Haroon, L Singh… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
Accurate transcription is required for the faithful expression of genetic information. To
understand the molecular mechanisms that control the fidelity of transcription, we used novel …