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ArticleInfection and immunity1999

Analysis of Pneumocystis carinii introns.

C F Thomas, E B Leof, A H Limper

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Article in Infection and immunity, 1999. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Retracing the evolution ofMicrobiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2024
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  5. Pneumocystis.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine · 2014
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  6. Pneumocystis carinii expresses an active Rtt109 histone acetyltransferase.American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology · 2011
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

C F ThomasThoracic Diseases Research Unit, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA. thomas.charles@mayo.edu
E B Leof
A H Limper
Mayo Clinic · US

Funding

Control of the Pneumocystis carinii Life CycleR01HL055934 · NHLBI · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI LIMPER, ANDREW H · 1995 to 2008
$3.0M
SURFACTANT PROTEIN D IN PNEUMOCYSTIS/HOST INTERACTIONR01HL057125 · NHLBI · MAYO CLINIC COLL OF MEDICINE, ROCHESTER · PI LIMPER, ANDREW H · 1997 to 1999
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PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII--MACROPHAGE UPTAKE AND ACTIVATIONR29AI034336 · NIAID · MAYO CLINIC COLL OF MEDICINE, ROCHESTER · PI LIMPER, ANDREW H · 1993 to 1997
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NHLBI NIH HHS HL-55934-03NHLBI NIH HHS HL-57125=02NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL055934NIAID NIH HHS AI-34336-05
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pneumocystis carinii is an ascomycete phylogenetically related to Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Little is known about gene regulation in P. carinii. The removal of introns from pre-mRNA requires spliceosomal recognition of the intron-exon boundary. In S. pombe and higher eukaryotes, this boundary and a branch site within the intron are conserved. We recently demonstrated that P. carinii cdc2 cDNA can complement S. pombe containing conditional mutations of cdc2, an essential gene involved in cell cycle regulation. We next tested whether P. carinii genomic cdc2 (with six introns) could also complement S. pombe cdc2 mutants and found genomic sequences incapable of this activity. Reverse transcriptase PCR confirmed the inability of the S. pombe cdc2 mutants to splice the P. carinii genomic cdc2. Analysis of 83 introns from 19 P. carinii protein-encoding genes demonstrated that the sequence GTWWDW functions as a donor consensus in P. carinii, whereas YAG serves as an acceptor consensus. These sequences are similar in S. pombe; however, a branch site sequence was not found in the P. carinii genes studied.

Indexed as

IntronsGenetic Complementation TestPneumocystisReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA SplicingSchizosaccharomycesTransformation, Genetic

Identifiers

PMID10531280
PMCPMC97006
OpenAlexW2058033301

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