SECTION	SCOPE
Control of gene expression	Assembly of multi-subunit proteins Basic transcription mechanisms (initiation, promoter escape, elongation) Chromatin remodelling (SWI/SNF-like complexes, histone modification, DNA methylation) Connections among processing steps mRNA stability mRNA transport/localization Post-translational regulation of gene expression (ubiquitination, methylation, phosphorylation) RNA-protein interactions Signalling & translational control Splicing/polyadenylation Transcription activation mechanisms (transcriptional activators, mediator/coactivators) Translation mechanisms Translational regulation
Nuclear structure & function	Centromeres Chromatin DNA repair DNA replication Higher order chromosome structure Mutation Nucleolus & nuclear bodies Recombination

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