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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
 
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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
 
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Navigable Slide Index
- Intro slide
- Regulation of gene expression by RNA pol ll
- The basal transcription machinery
- The initiation and elongation factors
- The process of transcription cycle
- The rate of transcription elongation
- Different classes of RNA pol ll elongation factors
- Factors increasing the rate of transcribing RNA pol
- Factors assisting through transient pausing sites
- Factors assisting to transcribe through chromatin
- Factors without biochemical activities
- Factors increasing transcription rate of RNA pol. II
- ELL increase the catalytic rate of elongation
- MLL and ELL chimera
- Immortalization of primary progenitor cells
- The results of immortalization experiment
- ELL - summary
- The elongin complex
- In vivo properties of elongin A
- Reduction of elongin A
- dEloA is required for the transition to adulthood
- dEloA re-localizes upon heat shock
- dEloA is required for heat shock gene expression
- Elongin A - summary
- The role of COMPASS in methylation of histones
- Set1 is essential for the methylation of histone H3
- Microplate of viable yeast deletion mutants
- GPS in S.cerevisiae (1)
- GPS in S.cerevisiae (2)
- RAD6 is essential for methylation of histone H3
- The role of E3 in substrate specificity
- Bre1 identified as E3-ligase
- The role of E3 in substrate specificity
- COMPASS association with transcribed region
- Paf1 complex role in methylation by COMPASS
- The model (1)
- The model (2)
- Transcriptional memory
- The role of RNA pol ll elongation factors
- Future studies
Topics Covered
- Transcriptional elongation
- Complexes involved
- Mechanisms regulating rate and efficiency of elongation on chromatin templates
Talk Citation
Shilatifard, A. (2007, October 1). Transcription elongation control by RNA polymerase II [Video file]. In The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. Retrieved October 31, 2025, from https://doi.org/10.69645/CANZ1823.Export Citation (RIS)
Publication History
Financial Disclosures
- Dr. Ali Shilatifard has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.
 
       
    



















 
                    
                     
        
      
     
        
      
     
        
      
     
        
      
     
        
      
     
        
      
     
        
      
     
        
      
     
        
      
     
        
      
     
        
      
     
        
      
     
        
      
     
        
      
    