Hyperosmotic stress alters the RNA polymerase II interactome and induces readthrough transcription despite widespread transcriptional repression
Rosa-Mercado NA, Zimmer JT, Apostolidi M, Rinehart J, Simon MD, Steitz JA. Hyperosmotic stress alters the RNA polymerase II interactome and induces readthrough transcription despite widespread transcriptional repression. Molecular Cell 2021, 81: 502-513.e4. PMID: 33400923, PMCID: PMC7867636, DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2020.12.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWidespread transcriptional repressionTranscriptional repressionPol IIIntegrator complex subunitsRNA polymerase IIGenome-wide lossStress-induced redistributionParental genesTranscriptional outputDoG inductionPolymerase IIChIP sequencingHuman cell linesUpstream geneComplex subunitsPolyadenylation factorsTranscription profilesReadthrough transcriptsCatalytic subunitIntegrator activityCellular stressHyperosmotic stressTranscriptional levelTranscription resultsGenes