该c-myc基因编码叠加的RNA聚合酶II和III促进体
J Chung1, D J Sussman, R Zeller
1Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.
Cell
|December 24, 1987
概括
这就是c-myc基因.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 基因法规 基因法规
- 基因组学就是基因组学.
背景情况:
- c-myc基因的第一个表子表现出独特的特征,包括频繁的转录和保存.
- 这些特性表明,除了简单的蛋白质编码之外,还有一个调节作用.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究c-myc基因第一个前子的不寻常性质.
- 阐明其高转录率和监管潜力的潜在机制.
主要方法:
- 在体外转录测试使用纯化的RNA聚合酶II和III (polII和III).
- 对主要c-myc促进体 (P2) 的转录启动和终止的分析.
- 调查第一个外体的3'末端的聚合酶行为.
主要成果:
- 主要的c-myc促进体 (P2) 是双功能性的,支持pol II和pol III的启动.
- 聚合物III在第一个前子的3'端附近被阻塞,而聚合物II只被部分阻塞.
- 不同的聚合酶活性表明一种新的基因调节机制.
结论:
- c-myc促进体和差异性聚合酶暂停的双功能性质提供了一个调节c-myc基因表达的机制.
- 这种叠加的转录活动可能允许一个聚合酶系统影响另一个,从而有助于基因控制.
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