在整个细胞周期中,在核糖体RNA基因中共存两个不同的染色质结构
A Conconi1, R M Widmer, T Koller
1Institute for Cell Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich.
Cell
|June 2, 1989
概括
友细胞表现出两种不同的核糖体染色体结构:核糖体含有不活跃副本和非核糖体活跃基因. 这些状态是独立于转录保持和通过细胞循环传播.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 细胞生物学 细胞生物学
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
背景情况:
- 核糖体染色体结构对于基因调节至关重要.
- 了解不同细胞周期阶段的染色质状态是必不可少的.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究Friend细胞中的核糖体染色体的结构组织.
- 为了确定不同的染色质结构是否与转录活性相关.
- 评估这些结构在整个细胞周期中的稳定性.
主要方法:
- 松烯光交联被用于分析核糖体染色体结构.
- 在指数增长的细胞,静止细胞和元相染色体中检查了染色质.
主要成果:
- 确定了两种不同的核糖体染色质类型:含核素 (不活跃) 和缺乏重复结构 (转录).
- 个体基因拷贝存在于活跃状态或不活跃状态.
- 这些状态的相对比例在跨相和元相之间保持一致,但它们的转录活动有所不同.
结论:
- 核糖体染色体至少存在两个稳定的状态,独立于正在进行的转录.
- 这些染色质状态被稳定地维持并通过细胞循环传播.
- 这表明,不管基因表达水平如何,维护不同的染色质构造的机制存在.
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