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Using In Vitro and In-cell SHAPE to Investigate Small Molecule Induced Pre-mRNA Structural Changes
Published on: January 30, 2019
[Structure of nuclear pre-mRNA. X. New type double-helical structures in the pre-mRNA]
Abstract:
High molecular weight nuclear pre-messenger RNA (pre-mRNA or RNA) isolated from Ehrlich ascites carcinoma cells contains besides moderately long (100--200 base base pairs) snap-back double-stranded structures, also longer double-stranded structure containing at least 300-800 base pairs. Very long double-stranded sequences are not able to snap-back after RNA melting. While the moderately long double-stranded RNS (dsRNA) is renatured at Cot 1/2 approximately or equal to 5 X 10(-4), the very long dsRNA shows a higher complexity (Cot 1/2 approximately or equal to 2 X 10(-2). They also hybridize to a less reiterated class of DNA than moderately long dsRNA. Two classes of dsRNA are represented by different sequences as followed from cross-renaturation experiments. Very long dsRNA forms stable hybrids with 20% of total poly(A)+mRNA of cytoplasm. The properties of different classes of ds structures present in nuclear pre-mRNA are compared and their possible nature is discussed. The presence of very long dsRNA may reflect either the symmetric transcription of structural genes, or the transcription from thos DNA sequences which are complementary to each other but located in different parts of the genome.
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