Recruitment of transcription complexes to enhancers and the role of enhancer transcription

Jared S Stees, Fred Varn, Suming Huang, John Strouboulis, Jörg Bungert

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Abstract

Enhancer elements regulate the tissue- and developmental-stage-specific expression of genes. Recent estimates suggest that there are more than 50,000 enhancers in mammalian cells. At least a subset of enhancers has been shown to recruit RNA polymerase II transcription complexes and to generate enhancer transcripts. Here, we provide an overview of enhancer function and discuss how transcription of enhancers or enhancer-generated transcripts could contribute to the regulation of gene expression during development and differentiation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)778-93
Number of pages16
JournalBiology
Volume1
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 5 Dec 2012

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