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在没有DNA复制的情况下建立转录沉默
Y C Li1, T H Cheng, M R Gartenberg
1Department of Pharmacology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
概括
在酵母中建立转录沉默不需要DNA复制. 沉默可以发生在非复制DNA中,挑战了关于这个关键细胞循环过程的先前假设.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 酵母遗传学 酵母遗传学
- 表观遗传学 在表观遗传学中,表观遗传学是指表观遗传学.
背景情况:
- 在Saccharomyces cerevisiae中的交配类型位点的转录沉默对于酵母细胞类型的确定至关重要.
- 众所周知,这种沉默过程依赖于细胞周期调节的建立阶段,通常被认为涉及DNA复制.
研究的目的:
- 调查DNA复制在酵母交配类型位置的沉默建立中的直接作用.
- 为了确定在没有DNA复制的情况下是否可以建立沉默.
主要方法:
- 在体内利用特定位点的重组生成非复制的圆形DNA分子 (环).
- 将沉声因子Sir1连接到DNA环上,以激活一个休眠的沉声器.
- 分析了沉默的DNA环的结构特征,包括DNA超级卷和基因素乙化水平.
主要成果:
- 证明了转录沉默可以在不复制的DNA中建立.
- 沉默的DNA环表现出真正的沉默色素的特征,如改变的超级卷和减少的基因素乙化.
- 沉默的建立需要沉默因子Sir2,Sir3和Sir4的存在,并且发生在细胞周期的早期S和M阶段之间.
结论:
- 通过复制叉并不是建立酵母沉默的必要细胞周期事件.
- 这些发现挑战了长期以来的假设,将DNA复制与沉默的建立联系起来.
- 表明替代细胞循环依赖的机制调解了沉默色素的建立.
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