title: Transcriptional regulation of human small nuclear RNA genes.
abstract: The products of human snRNA genes have been frequently described as performing housekeeping functions and their synthesis refractory to regulation. However, recent studies have emphasized that snRNA and other related non-coding RNA molecules control multiple facets of the central dogma, and their regulated expression is critical to cellular homeostasis during normal growth and in response to stress. Human snRNA genes contain compact and yet powerful promoters that are recognized by increasingly well-characterized transcription factors, thus providing a premier model system to study gene regulation. This review summarizes many recent advances deciphering the mechanism by which the transcription of human snRNA and related genes are regulated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
authors.forename: Gauri W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Jawdekar
authors.forename: R William
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Henry
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000235:genetics; D004249:DNA Damage; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D012342:RNA, Small Nuclear / Q000235:genetics*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D015533:Transcriptional Activation
chemical_list: D012342:RNA, Small Nuclear