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1. Histone dynamics, heritability and variants
- Dr. Genevieve Almouzni
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2. The RNA polymerase II general transcription machinery
- Prof. Michael Hampsey
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3. Introduction to chromatin structure
- Prof. Karolin Luger
- Archived Lectures *These may not cover the latest advances in the field
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4. Transcription elongation control by RNA polymerase II
- Dr. Ali Shilatifard
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5. The mechanisms and control of mRNA turnover in eukaryotic cells
- Prof. Roy Parker
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6. Coupling transcription, RNA processing and RNA export
- Prof. Grant Hartzog
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7. Dynamic chromatin: ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling machines
- Prof. Bradley Cairns
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8. DNA methylation
- Prof. Steve Jacobsen
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9. Visualization of transcription factor interactions in living cells
- Prof. Tom Kerppola
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10. Accessing and using ENCODE data
- Prof. Peggy Farnham
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11. The beta-globin locus
- Dr. Ann Dean
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13. Transcriptional activation
- Prof. Arnold Berk
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14. The regulation of Pre-Messenger RNA splicing
- Prof. Douglas Black
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15. The E2F family and transcriptional control of the mammalian cell cycle
- Prof. Brian Dynlacht
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16. Genome-wide analyses of protein-DNA interactions
- Prof. Peggy Farnham
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18. Gene silencing by Polycomb complexes
- Prof. Yi Zhang
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19. Eukaryotic gene regulation: from chromatin to transcription to mRNA processing
- Prof. Michael Carey
- Prof. Stephen Smale
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20. Epigenetic information in gene expression and cancer
- Prof. Siavash Kurdistani
Printable Handouts
Navigable Slide Index
- Intro slide
- Regulation of gene expression
- Mammalian gene transcription control elements
- Yeast gene transcription control elements
- Activators are modular proteins
- Regulation of transcription factor (TF) activity
- The glucocorticoid receptor
- The estrogen receptor
- Indirect regulation of TFs
- PKs in TFs' regulation
- The Ci and beta-catenin TFs
- IL2 regulation
- The PLC gamma pathway
- c-Jun and c-Fos are unstable proteins
- IL2 regulation
- IFN - beta
- Activators interact with promoter binding proteins
- NtrC interacts with 54 polymerase
- Cellular DNA is bound with proteins in chromatin
- Chromatin condensation
- Heterochromatin and euchromatin
- Chromatin condensation
- The nucleosome (1)
- The nucleosome (2)
- The histone tails
- Amino acid modifications on chromatin
- Histone acetylase complexes
- Activator-directed histone hyperacetylation
- The co-activator CBP
- Chromatin remodeling factors
- Chromatin remodeling factors and a nucleosome
- Chromatin decondensation
- Heterochromatin visualized in CHO cells
- Euchromatin visualization in CHO cells
- Eukaryotic repressors are modular proteins
- HDACs and chromatin condensation
- The mediator complex
- EM visualization of mediator and RNA Pol II
- The yeast mediator complex
- The human mediator complex
- Activator binding to regulatory element
- Formation of the pre-initiation complex
- The scaffold complex
- Transcription initiation by the mediator
- Mediator interaction with other activation domains
- Regulation of transcription initiation
Topics Covered
- Transcription by RNA polymerase II
- Mediator complex
- Coactivator proteins
- Communication between DNA-binding proteins and general transcription machinery
Talk Citation
Berk, A. (2007, October 1). Transcriptional activation [Video file]. In The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. Retrieved May 9, 2025, from https://doi.org/10.69645/TWRD5176.Export Citation (RIS)
Publication History
Financial Disclosures
- Prof. Arnold Berk has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.