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Nature Cell Biology 7, 311–318 (1 March 2005) | doi:10.1038/ncb1224

c-Myc binds to human ribosomal DNA and stimulates transcription of rRNA genes by RNA polymerase I

Carla Grandori , Natividad Gomez-Roman , Zoe A. Felton-Edkins , Celine Ngouenet , Denise A. Galloway , Robert N. Eisenman & Robert J. White

c-Myc coordinates cell growth and division through a transcriptional programme that involves both RNA polymerase (Pol) II- and Pol III-transcribed genes. Here, we demonstrate that human c-Myc also directly enhances Pol I transcription of ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes.