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Bondarenko, V.A., Steele, L., Gaykalova, D., Kulaeva, O.I., Polykanov, Y.S., Luse, D.S. and Studitsky, V.M. (2006) Nucleosomes can form a polar barrier to transcript elongation by RNA polymerase II. Mol. Cell 24, 469-479.

Újvári, A. and Luse, D.S. (2006) RNA emerging from the active site of RNA polymerase II interacts with the Rpb7 subunit. Nature Struct. Mol. Biol. 13, 49-54.

Pal, M., Ponticelli, A.S. and Luse, D.S. (2005) The role of the transcription bubble and TFIIB in promoter clearance by RNA polymerase II. Mol Cell 19, 101-110.

Újvári, A. and Luse, D.S. (2004) Newly initiated RNA encounters a factor involved in splicing immediately upon emerging from within RNA polymerase II. J. Biol. Chem. 279, 49773-49779.

Hawryluk, P., Újvári, A. and Luse, D.S. (2004) Characterization of a novel RNA polymerase II arrest site which lacks a weak 3' RNA-DNA hybrid. Nucleic Acids Res. 32, 1904-1916.

Pal, M. and Luse, D.S. (2003) The initiation-elongation transition: lateral mobility of RNA in RNA polymerase II complexes is greatly reduced at +8/+9 and absent by +23. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 100, 5700-5705.

Újvári, A., Pal, M. and Luse, D.S. (2002) RNA polymerase II transcription complexes may become arrested if the nascent RNA is shortened to less than 50 nucleotides. J. Biol. Chem. 277, 32527-32537.

Pal, M. and Luse, D.S. (2002) Strong natural pausing by RNA polymerase II within 10 bases of transcription start may result in repeated slippage and re-extension of the nascent RNA. Mol. Cell. Biol. 22, 30-40.

Pal, M., McKean, D. and Luse, D.S. (2001) Promoter clearance by RNA polymerase II is an extended, multistep process strongly affected by sequence. Mol. Cell. Biol. 21, 5815-5825.

Keene , R.G. and Luse, D.S. (1999) Initially transcribed sequences strongly affect the extent of abortive initiation by RNA polymerase II. J. Biol. Chem. 274, 11526-11534.

Samkurashvili, I. and Luse, D.S. (1998) Structural changes in the RNA polymerase II transcription complex during the transition from initiation to elongation. Mol. Cell. Biol. 18, 5343-5354.

Orphanides, G., LeRoy, G., Chang, C.-H., Luse, D.S. and Reinberg, D. (1998) FACT, a factor that facilitates transcript elongation through nucleosomes. Cell 92, 105-116.

Chang, C.-H. and Luse, D.S. (1997) H3/H4 tetramers are sufficient to block transcript elongation by RNA polymerase II in vitro. J. Biol. Chem. 272, 23427-23434.