Transcription is regulated by sequence-specific transcription factors and enzymes allowing access to genes in chromatin. However, recent data indicate that the abundance of RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) ...

Transcription is regulated by sequence-specific transcription factors and enzymes allowing access to genes in chromatin. However, recent data indicate that the abundance of RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) ...

How does a cell know when it’s been damaged? A molecular alarm, set off by mutated RNA and colliding ribosomes, signals danger.

The proper use of spike-in normalization in ChIP-seq improves sensitivity for detecting genome-wide changes between conditions, but improper use is common, calling some biological conclusions into que...

Pol II-mediated transcription is essential for eukaryotic life. While loss of transcription is thought to be universally lethal, the associated mechanisms promoting cell death are not yet known. Here,...

Cacioppo, Gillis, Shlamovitz, Zeller, et al. show that CRL3ARMC5 ubiquitylates RNA Pol II at early stages of transcription as part of a major homeostatic RNA Pol II turnover mechanism. CRL3ARMC5 and the Integrator phosphatase act as complementary pathways, monitoring the quantity and quality of RNA Pol II complexes before they are licensed into elongation.

The precise regulation of chromatin composition is critical to gene expression and cellular identity, and thus a key component in development and disease. Robust assays to study chromatin features, in...

The acute skin reaction to sunburn, encompassing keratinocyte cell death, inflammation, and epidermal thickening, has traditionally been ascribed to DNA damage responses. Using a mouse model deficient...

Kelley et al. discover that the PNUTS phosphatase complex plays an essential role in gene transcription by controlling RNA polymerase II pause release. PNUTS achieves this through its TND, which recog...

Independently of the pathways or circuits deregulated in cancer cells, these present altered transcription patterns, often also direct consequence of deregulation of transcription factors. In this sen...

The CCR4-NOT complex is a major regulator of eukaryotic messenger RNA (mRNA) stability. Slow decoding during translation promotes association of CCR4-NOT with ribosomes, accelerating mRNA degradation....

An effective method for direct chemical control over the production of specific proteins would be widely useful. We describe Small Molecule-Assisted Shutoff (SMASh), a technique in which proteins are ...