二元接体定义了转录激活域在重新启动中的作用
S N Ho1, S R Biggar, D M Spencer
1Department of Pathology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, California 94305, USA.
Nature
|August 29, 1996
概括
维持活细胞中的基因转录需要持续的激活剂存在. 合成配体提供了一个强大的开关,用于控制研究和治疗中的基因转录.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 基因规则 基因规则
- 细胞生物学 细胞生物学
背景情况:
- 细胞转录激活剂稳定了前启动复合体,但它们在维持正在进行的转录 (重新启动) 中的作用是有争议的.
- 在体外研究给出了矛盾的结果,即在预启动复合体形成后,激活剂是否对持续转录至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 开发一种方法来调节活细胞中的基因转录,使用合成连接体.
- 调查转录激活剂在维护内源基因转录中的必要性.
主要方法:
- 开发同质体和异质体合成配体,以控制转录激活域与促进体的关联/解离.
- 该系统的应用,以调节酵母和人类细胞内源基因转录.
主要成果:
- 证明激活域的持续存在是维持内源基因转录 in vivo所需的.
- 已确立的合成配体作为活细胞中有效的转录性开关.
结论:
- 持续的激活子域存在对于真核细胞中持续的基因转录至关重要.
- 合成联体受控的转录系统为控制基因表达的实验和治疗应用提供了多功能工具.
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