Mediator kinases and CDK8-Mediator, Taatjes Lab
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A Selective and Orally Bioavailable Quinoline-6-Carbonitrile-Based Inhibitor of CDK8/19 Mediator Kinase with Tumor-Enriched Pharmacokinetics
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Frontiers Antagonizing CDK8 Sensitizes Colorectal Cancer to Radiation Through Potentiating the Transcription of e2f1 Target Gene apaf1
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Mediator Kinase Inhibitors
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Transcriptional Responses to IFN-γ Require Mediator Kinase-Dependent Pause Release and Mechanistically Distinct CDK8 and CDK19 Functions. - Abstract - Europe PMC
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A precisely positioned MED12 activation helix stimulates CDK8 kinase activity
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The Mediator complex: a central integrator of transcription
Inhibition of CDK8 mediator kinase suppresses estrogen dependent transcription and the growth of estrogen receptor positive breast cancer
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Structure and noncanonical Cdk8 activation mechanism within an Argonaute-containing Mediator kinase module
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Global hyperactivation of enhancers stabilizes human and mouse naive pluripotency through inhibition of CDK8/19 Mediator kinases
Transcription Factors and PIC function, Taatjes Lab
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Cooperative activity of cdk8 and GCN5L within Mediator directs tandem phosphoacetylation of histone H3
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CDK8 inhibitors antagonize HIV-1 reactivation and promote provirus latency in T cells
Background, Taatjes Lab
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The cyclin-dependent kinase 8 module sterically blocks Mediator interactions with RNA polymerase II
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Structure and noncanonical Cdk8 activation mechanism within an Argonaute-containing Mediator kinase module