Biology 105
Eukaryotic Cell Biology

November 21, 2006 Transcription

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Required Reading:

Textbook: Alberts et al (2002) Molecular Biology of the Cell pp. 310-313, 400-406.

A. Saunders, J. Werner, E.D. Andrulis, T. Nakayama, S. Hirose, D. Reinberg and J.T. Lis (2003) Tracking FACT and the RNA polymerase II elongation complex through chromatin in vivo. Science 301: 1094-1096.

D.R. Smith, I.J. Jackson and D.D. Brown (1984) Domains of the positive transcription factor specific for the Xenopus 5S RNA gene. Cell 37: 645-652.

S. Sakonju, D.F. Bogenhagen and D.D. Brown (1980) A control region in the center of the 5S gene directs specific initiation of transcription. I. The 5' border of the region. Cell 19: 13-25.