Ubiquitous transcription factors display structural plasticity and diverse functions

Bacterial Sigma Factors: A Historical, Structural, and Genomic Perspective

(2014) Andrey Feklístov et al.   Annual Review of Microbiology

NusG/Spt5: are there common functions of this ubiquitous transcription elongation factor?

(2014) Alexander V Yakhnin et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

The complex choreography of transcription-coupled repair

(2014) Graciela Spivak et al.   DNA REPAIR

How an mRNA capping enzyme reads distinct RNA polymerase II and Spt5 CTD phosphorylation codes

(2014) S. K. Doamekpor et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Coupling mRNA Synthesis and Decay

(2014) K. A. Braun et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY

UvrD facilitates DNA repair by pulling RNA polymerase backwards

(2014) Vitaly Epshtein et al.   NATURE

Interactions between RNA polymerase and the "core recognition element" counteract pausing

(2014) I. O. Vvedenskaya et al.   SCIENCE

Conserved architecture of the core RNA polymerase II initiation complex

(2014) Wolfgang Mühlbacher et al.   Nature Communications

Archaeology of RNA polymerase: factor swapping during the transcription cycle

(2013) Fabian Blombach et al.   BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS

NusG-Spt5 Proteins—Universal Tools for Transcription Modification and Communication

(2013) Sushil Kumar Tomar et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Terminator still moving forward: expanding roles for Rho factor

(2013) Marc Boudvillain et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

X-ray Crystal Structure ofEscherichia coliRNA Polymerase σ70Holoenzyme

(2013) Katsuhiko S. Murakami   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Cap Completion and C-Terminal Repeat Domain Kinase Recruitment Underlie the Initiation-Elongation Transition of RNA Polymerase II

(2013) M. Lidschreiber et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY

The AID-Induced DNA Damage Response in Chromatin

(2013) Jeremy A. Daniel et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Interdomain contacts control folding of transcription factor RfaH

(2013) Sushil Kumar Tomar et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Model of the Mediator middle module based on protein cross-linking

(2013) Laurent Larivière et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

F conjugation: Back to the beginning

(2013) Denis Arutyunov et al.   PLASMID

An Autoinhibited State in the Structure of Thermotoga maritima NusG

(2013) Johanna Drögemüller et al.   STRUCTURE

Complete Nucleotide Sequences ofblaKPC-4- andblaKPC-5-Harboring IncN and IncX Plasmids from Klebsiella pneumoniae Strains Isolated in New Jersey

(2012) Liang Chen et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

The Spt4–Spt5 complex: A multi-faceted regulator of transcription elongation

(2012) Grant A. Hartzog et al.   Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Basic mechanisms of RNA polymerase II activity and alteration of gene expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

(2012) Craig D. Kaplan   Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Transcription termination by the eukaryotic RNA polymerase III

(2012) Aneeshkumar G. Arimbasseri et al.   Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

RNA Polymerase Backtracking in Gene Regulation and Genome Instability

(2012) Evgeny Nudler   CELL

An α Helix to β Barrel Domain Switch Transforms the Transcription Factor RfaH into a Translation Factor

(2012) Björn M. Burmann et al.   CELL

Transformer proteins

(2012) Stefan H. Knauer et al.   CELL CYCLE

Rho and NusG suppress pervasive antisense transcription in Escherichia coli

(2012) J. M. Peters et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

A Nexus for Gene Expression—Molecular Mechanisms of Spt5 and NusG in the Three Domains of Life

(2012) Finn Werner   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The Spt5 C-Terminal Region Recruits Yeast 3' RNA Cleavage Factor I

(2012) A. Mayer et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY

Sub1 associates with Spt5 and influences RNA polymerase II transcription elongation rate

(2012) Alicia García et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Structure and function of the initially transcribing RNA polymerase II–TFIIB complex

(2012) Sarah Sainsbury et al.   NATURE

Structural Basis of Transcription Initiation

(2012) Y. Zhang et al.   SCIENCE

Domain interactions of the transcription–translation coupling factorEscherichia coliNusG are intermolecular and transient

(2011) Björn M. Burmann et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

Structural Basis for Promoter −10 Element Recognition by the Bacterial RNA Polymerase σ Subunit

(2011) Andrey Feklistov et al.   CELL

Recent advances in the understanding of archaeal transcription

(2011) Dina Grohmann et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Clamping the clamp of RNA polymerase

(2011) Vladimir Svetlov et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Architecture of the RNA polymerase-Spt4/5 complex and basis of universal transcription processivity

(2011) Fuensanta W Martinez-Rucobo et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Bacterial Transcription Terminators: The RNA 3′-End Chronicles

(2011) Jason M. Peters et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The β Subunit Gate Loop Is Required for RNA Polymerase Modification by RfaH and NusG

(2011) Anastasia Sevostyanova et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Competing for the Clamp: Promoting RNA Polymerase Processivity and Managing the Transition from Initiation to Elongation

(2011) Grant A. Hartzog et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

The Initiation Factor TFE and the Elongation Factor Spt4/5 Compete for the RNAP Clamp during Transcription Initiation and Elongation

(2011) Dina Grohmann et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Termination and antitermination: RNA polymerase runs a stop sign

(2011) Thomas J. Santangelo et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Evolution of multisubunit RNA polymerases in the three domains of life

(2011) Finn Werner et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Activation-Induced Cytidine Deaminase Targets DNA at Sites of RNA Polymerase II Stalling by Interaction with Spt5

(2010) Rushad Pavri et al.   CELL

E. coli NusG Inhibits Backtracking and Accelerates Pause-Free Transcription by Promoting Forward Translocation of RNA Polymerase

(2010) Kristina M. Herbert et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Interaction Surface of the Transcription Terminator Rho Required to Form a Complex with the C-Terminal Domain of the Antiterminator NusG

(2010) Jisha Chalissery et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Functional regions of the N-terminal domain of the antiterminator RfaH

(2010) Georgiy A. Belogurov et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Mechanism of NusG-stimulated pausing, hairpin-dependent pause site selection and intrinsic termination at overlapping pause and termination sites in the Bacillus subtilis trp leader

(2010) Alexander V. Yakhnin et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Uniform transitions of the general RNA polymerase II transcription complex

(2010) Andreas Mayer et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Spt4/5 stimulates transcription elongation through the RNA polymerase clamp coiled-coil motif

(2010) Angela Hirtreiter et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Functional analysis of Thermus thermophilus transcription factor NusG

(2010) A. Sevostyanova et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

RNA polymerase and transcription elongation factor Spt4/5 complex structure

(2010) B. J. Klein et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The interaction between RNA polymerase and the elongation factor NusA

(2010) Xiao Yang et al.   RNA Biology

Syntheses That Stay Together

(2010) J. W. Roberts   SCIENCE

A NusE:NusG Complex Links Transcription and Translation

(2010) B. M. Burmann et al.   SCIENCE

Cooperation Between Translating Ribosomes and RNA Polymerase in Transcription Elongation

(2010) S. Proshkin et al.   SCIENCE

DSIF, the Paf1 complex, and Tat-SF1 have nonredundant, cooperative roles in RNA polymerase II elongation

(2009) Y. Chen et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

A Family of Transcriptional Antitermination Factors Necessary for Synthesis of the Capsular Polysaccharides of Bacteroides fragilis

(2009) M. Chatzidaki-Livanis et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The C-terminal Repeat Domain of Spt5 Plays an Important Role in Suppression of Rad26-independent Transcription Coupled Repair

(2009) Baojin Ding et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Two Structurally Independent Domains of E. coli NusG Create Regulatory Plasticity via Distinct Interactions with RNA Polymerase and Regulators

(2009) Rachel Anne Mooney et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Regulator Trafficking on Bacterial Transcription Units In Vivo

(2009) Rachel A. Mooney et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Control of transcriptional elongation and cotranscriptional histone modification by the yeast BUR kinase substrate Spt5

(2009) K. Zhou et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Rho directs widespread termination of intragenic and stable RNA transcription

(2009) J. M. Peters et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Functional specialization of transcription elongation factors

(2008) Georgiy A Belogurov et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Function of the Bacillus subtilis transcription elongation factor NusG in hairpin-dependent RNA polymerase pausing in the trp leader

(2008) A. V. Yakhnin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The elongation factor RfaH and the initiation factor   bind to the same site on the transcription elongation complex

(2008) A. Sevostyanova et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Stochasticity and traffic jams in the transcription of ribosomal RNA: Intriguing role of termination and antitermination

(2008) S. Klumpp et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Termination Factor Rho and Its Cofactors NusA and NusG Silence Foreign DNA in E. coli

(2008) C. J. Cardinale et al.   SCIENCE