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Jennifer M Gerlach1, Michael Furrer2, Maria Gallant1, Dirk Birkel1, Apoorva Baluapuri1, Elmar Wolf1, Peter Gallant3,4.
Abstract
The Myc oncogene is a transcription factor with a powerful grip on cellular growth and proliferation. The physical interaction of Myc with the E-box DNA motif has been extensively characterized, but it is less clear whether this sequence-specific interaction is sufficient for Myc's binding to its transcriptional targets. Here we identify the PAF1 complex, and specifically its component Leo1, as a factor that helps recruit Myc to target genes. Since the PAF1 complex is typically associated with active genes, this interaction with Leo1 contributes to Myc targeting to open promoters. Published under the PNAS license.Entities:
Keywords: Drosophila; Myc; PAF1; growth; transcription
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Year: 2017 PMID: 29078288 PMCID: PMC5676885 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1705816114
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205