TFIIH: when transcription met DNA repair.

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Date publication

juin 2012

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Dr EGLY Jean-Marc, Dr COMPE Emmanuel


Tous les auteurs :
Compe E, Egly JM

Résumé

The transcription initiation factor TFIIH is a remarkable protein complex that has a fundamental role in the transcription of protein-coding genes as well as during the DNA nucleotide excision repair pathway. The detailed understanding of how TFIIH functions to coordinate these two processes is also providing an explanation for the phenotypes observed in patients who bear mutations in some of the TFIIH subunits. In this way, studies of TFIIH have revealed tight molecular connections between transcription and DNA repair and have helped to define the concept of 'transcription diseases'.

Référence

Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2012 May 10;13(6):343-54