Coordination between transcription and pre-mRNA processing

A large body of work has proved that transcription by RNA polymerase II and pre-mRNA processing are coordinated events within the cell nucleus. Capping, splicing and polyadenylation occur while transcription proceeds, suggesting that RNA polymerase II plays a role in the regulation of these events....

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Autores principales: Cramer, P., Srebrow, A., Kadener, S., Werbajh, S., De La Mata, M., Melen, G., Nogués, G., Kornblihtt, A.R.
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00145793_v498_n2-3_p179_Cramer
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Sumario:A large body of work has proved that transcription by RNA polymerase II and pre-mRNA processing are coordinated events within the cell nucleus. Capping, splicing and polyadenylation occur while transcription proceeds, suggesting that RNA polymerase II plays a role in the regulation of these events. The presence and degree of phosphorylation of the carboxy-terminal domain of RNA polymerase II large subunit is important for functioning of the capping enzymes, the assembly of spliceosomes and the binding of the cleavage/polyadenylation complex. Nuclear architecture and gene promoter structure have also been shown to play key roles in coupling between transcription and splicing. © 2001 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. on behalf of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies.