增强剂通过蛋白质桥梁连接到促进剂时,可以刺激转录在trans中
H P Müeller-Storm1, J M Sogo, W Schaffner
1Institut für Molekularbiologie II der Universität Zürich, Switzerland.
Cell
|August 25, 1989
概括
这项研究表明,增强剂可以刺激基因转录,即使与DNA没有物理连接,也可以刺激基因调节的DNA循环模型,支持基因调节的扫描模型.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 基因规则 基因规则
- 生物化学 生物化学
背景情况:
- 两个模型解释了增强器的功能:DNA循环和DNA扫描.
- 人们认为增强剂只对cis配置的DNA起作用.
研究的目的:
- 测试增强剂是否可以刺激转录在转录中.
- 为了区分DNA循环和扫描模型的增强器功能.
主要方法:
- 进行了体外转录试验.
- 增强剂 (SV40,细胞巨型病毒) 被非性附着到一个促进剂 (β-环球蛋白) 使用 streptavidin/avidin.
主要成果:
- 增强剂刺激了转录,即使与促进体无共连接时也是如此.
- 这种转变配置支持DNA循环模型.
结论:
- 这些发现与DNA循环模型一致.
- 转录刺激在转录中可能发生在生物系统中,如转载.
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