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High-throughput Screening for Protein-based Inheritance in S. cerevisiae
Published on: August 8, 2017
在S. cerevisiae中转录状态的表观遗传性遗传
1Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Berkeley 94720.
Cell
|November 17, 1989
概括
SIR1基因对于建立抑制酵母交配类型基因至关重要. 突变的SIR1细胞表现出两个稳定的调节状态,表明SIR1是SIR1.
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:
- 酵母中的沉默交配类型位点对于调节基因表达至关重要.
- 众所周知,包括SIR1在内的SIR (静音信息调节器) 基因参与维持这种抑制.
- 在抑制HMLα位点方面,SIR1具有独特的作用.
研究的目的:
- 研究SIR1在HMLα位点调节中的特定作用.
- 了解具有SIR1突变的酵母细胞中调节状态的稳定性和遗传性.
- 区分SIR1与其他SIR基因 (SIR2,SIR3,SIR4) 在基因沉默中的作用.
主要方法:
- 使用单细胞测试来分析单个酵母细胞的调节状态.
- 使用SIR1的突变等位基因,包括假定的零等位基因,观察对HMLα抑制的影响.
- 在线粒生长过程中观察和分析调节状态的变化.
主要成果:
- 带有突变SIR1等位基因的酵母细胞分离成两个不同的,线粒细胞稳定的调节状态:抑制和放松的HMLα位点.
- 少数细胞保持了镇压,而大多数细胞表现出脱压,表明SIR1在建立镇压方面发挥了作用.
- 线粒生长过程中的罕见状态变化表明DNA复制时或之前的遗传性变化.
- 发现SIR2,SIR3和SIR4对于维持镇压至关重要,与SIR1.1不同.
结论:
- SIR1蛋白对于建立HMLα位置抑制是必不可少的.
- SIR1的功能主要是启动静音,而不是长期维护.
- SIR2,SIR3和SIR4对于酵母无声交配类型局部中持续维持抑制至关重要.
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