RNA-POLYMERASE I-MEDIATED PROTEIN-CODING GENE-EXPRESSION IN TRYPANOSOMA-BRUCEI

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作者
CHUNG, HM
LEE, MGS
VANDERPLOEG, LHT
机构
[1] COLUMBIA UNIV, DEPT GENET & DEV, NEW YORK, NY 10032 USA
[2] COLUMBIA UNIV, SCH PUBL HLTH, DIV TROP MED, NEW YORK, NY 10032 USA
来源
PARASITOLOGY TODAY | 1992年 / 8卷 / 12期
基金
美国国家卫生研究院;
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10.1016/0169-4758(92)90194-7
中图分类号
R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;
摘要
Protein-coding genes are transcribed by RNA polymerase (pol) II in all eukaryotes analyzed to date, with the exception of the protozoan Trypanosoma brucei, where pol I can mediate expression of chloramphenicol acetyl transferase (CAT) and neomycin phosphotransferase (neo) reporter genes. The addition of the capped 39-nucleotide (nt) mini-exon to the pre-messenger RNA (mRNA) by trans-splicing in T. brucei has presumably led to the uncoupling of the requirement for production of mRNA by pol II. Here Hui-min Chung Mary G-S. Lee and Lex Van der Ploeg review the evidence that supports the notion that pol I also transcribes a subset of naturally occurring protein-coding genes in T. brucei.
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页码:414 / 418
页数:5
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