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ArticleNucleic acids research2001

Analysis of intergenic spacer transcripts suggests 'read-around' transcription of the extrachromosomal circular rDNA in Euglena gracilis.

S J Greenwood, M N Schnare, J R Cook, M W Gray

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2001. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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S J GreenwoodDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4H7, Canada.
M N Schnare
J R Cook
M W Gray
Dalhousie University · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report here the sequence of the 1743 bp intergenic spacer (IGS) that separates the 3'-end of the large subunit ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene from the 5'-end of the small subunit (SSU) rRNA gene in the circular, extrachromosomal ribosomal DNA (rDNA) of Euglena gracilis. The IGS contains a 277 nt stretch of sequence that is related to a sequence found in ITS 1, an internal transcribed spacer between the SSU and 5.8S rRNA genes. Primer extension analysis of IGS transcripts identified three abundant reverse transcriptase stops that may be analogous to the transcription initiation site (TIS) and two processing sites (A' and A0) that are found in this region in other eukaryotes. Features that could influence processing at these sites include an imperfect palindrome near site A0 and a sequence near site A' that could potentially base pair with U3 small nucleolar RNA. Our identification of the TIS (verified by mung bean nuclease analysis) is considered tentative because we also detected low-abundance transcripts upstream of this site throughout the entire IGS. This result suggests the possibility of 'read-around' transcription, i.e. transcription that proceeds multiple times around the rDNA circle without termination.

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AnimalsBase PairingBase SequenceConserved SequenceDNA, CircularDNA, IntergenicDNA, RibosomalEuglenaMolecular Sequence DataNuclease Protection AssaysRegulatory Sequences, Nucleic AcidRepetitive Sequences, Nucleic AcidRNA Processing, Post-TranscriptionalRNA, RibosomalRNA, Small NucleolarSequence AlignmentDNA, CircularDNA, IntergenicDNA, RibosomalRNA, RibosomalRNA, Small NucleolarRNA, U3 small nucleolarSingle-Strand Specific DNA and RNA Endonucleases

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PMID11353089
PMCPMC55454
OpenAlexW2099563542

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