Transcriptional Regulation: It Takes a Village

A FASEB conference on “Transcriptional Regulation during Cell Growth, Differentiation and Development” met in June, 2008, just outside of Aspen in Snowmass Village, Colorado. The meeting covered a broad range of topics, including the structure of transcription factors (TFs), Preinitiation Complex (PIC) assembly, RNA polymerase II (Pol II) pausing, genome-wide patterns of histone modifications, and the role of TFs in development.