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STL-seq reveals pause-release and termination kinetics for promoter-proximal paused RNA polymerase II transcripts
Zimmer JT, Rosa-Mercado NA, Canzio D, Steitz JA, Simon MD. STL-seq reveals pause-release and termination kinetics for promoter-proximal paused RNA polymerase II transcripts. Molecular Cell 2021, 81: 4398-4412.e7. PMID: 34520723, PMCID: PMC9020433, DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2021.08.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPause releaseRNA polymerase II transcriptsRNA polymerase II moleculesCis-acting DNA elementsTATA box-containing promotersPolymerase II transcriptsPromoter-proximal pausingCritical regulatory functionsTranscriptional regulationRNA turnoverTranscriptional controlDNA elementsTranscriptional shutdownPause sitesHyperosmotic stressRegulatory mechanismsRegulatory functionsPrinciples of regulationHormonal stimuliPausingPremature terminationTranscriptsRegulation
2022
Internally controlled RNA sequencing comparisons using nucleoside recoding chemistry
Courvan MCS, Niederer RO, Vock IW, Kiefer L, Gilbert WV, Simon MD. Internally controlled RNA sequencing comparisons using nucleoside recoding chemistry. Nucleic Acids Research 2022, 50: e110-e110. PMID: 36018791, PMCID: PMC9638901, DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkac693.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBiochemical manipulationRNA polymerase II inhibitionSodium arsenite stressSet of transcriptsNew biological understandingTranscript regulationArsenite stressMRNA associationRNA transcriptsBiological insightsHeat shockMetabolic labelBiological understandingRNA contentRNA levelsTranscriptsCell culturesII inhibitionBiological variationDDX5RibosomesMCM2RNAAbundanceRegulation