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Microscopy of Fission Yeast Sexual Lifecycle
Published on: March 9, 2016
まとめ
サイレント・インフォメーション・レギュレータ (SIR) タンパク質複合体は,酵母におけるサイレント・ペアリング・タイプ・ロシ (HMLとHMR) の異なるクロマチン構造の維持に不可欠である. サー・サー・サー・サー サー・サー・サー
科学分野:
- イーストの遺伝学と表遺伝学
- クロマチンの構造と調節
- 遺伝子サイレンシングメカニズム 遺伝子サイレンシングメカニズム
背景:
- イーストの交配型アレル (MATaとMATα) は性繁殖を調節する.
- 静かな交配型ロシ (HMLおよびHMR) は,活性ロシとDNA配列を共有しているが,転写的に抑圧されている.
- サイレント・インフォメーション・レギュレータ (SIR) 複合体は,サイレントロシウムの転写を抑制することが知られている.
研究 の 目的:
- SIRがサイレントロシオ全体のクロマチンの構造を調節するかどうかを調査する.
- 活性 (MAT) と静音 (HML/HMR) のロケ地でのクロマチンのアクセシビリティを,SIR.の存在と不在で比較する.
- 交配型相互変換とスイッチング方向性を規制するSIRの役割を理解する.
主な方法:
- 核酸代謝アッセイは,DNAase Iとマイクロコックスの核酸を用いて行われます.
- HML alpha/MAT alphaとHMRa/MATaの位置におけるクロマチンの分裂パターンの比較分析.
- SIR+ (抑制された) とsir- (減圧された) 酵母菌株の両方のクロマチンの構造の検査.
主要な成果:
- SIRは,HMロシとMATロシの異なる染色体構造の確立と維持に不可欠です.
- SIRは,HMロシオのY-Z境界にある特定のDNA酵素I過敏部位の消失を誘導する.
- このSIR媒介のクロマチンの変化は,二重鎖の断裂部位の喪失と相関しており,方向性交配型の切り替えを説明する.
結論:
- SIRは,静かな場所のクロマチンを活性的に再構成し,活発な交尾型の場所と区別する.
- SIRがクロマチンの構造,特にY-Z境界部を調節することは,遺伝子静止における役割の鍵です.
- SIRによるクロマチンの改変は,酵母の交配型スイッチングの規制された方向性のメカニズム的説明を提供します.
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