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ArticleEukaryotic cell2006

The C-module DNA-binding factor mediates expression of the dictyostelium aggregation-specific adenylyl cyclase ACA.

Oliver Siol, Theodor Dingermann, Thomas Winckler

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Article in Eukaryotic cell, 2006. 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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5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Oliver SiolUniversität Jena, Lehrstuhl für Pharmazeutische Biologie, Semmelweisstrasse 10, D-07743 Jena, Germany.
Theodor Dingermann
Thomas Winckler
Goethe University Frankfurt · DEFriedrich Schiller University Jena · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aggregation of Dictyostelium discoideum amoebae into multicellular structures is organized by cyclic AMP (cAMP), which acts as a chemoattractant, as a second messenger, and as a morphogen. Aggregation of D. discoideum cells depends on the expression of adenylyl cyclase ACA, which provides extracellular cAMP for signal relay and intracellular cAMP for the induction of genes required at multicellular stages. We have identified a DNA-binding activity specific for a highly A+T-enriched motif in the upstream region of the ACA-encoding gene, acaA. The factor shows DNA-binding characteristics very similar to those of C-module-binding factor (CbfA). Although CbfA was originally identified as a putative regulator of the activity of D. discoideum retrotransposon TRE5-A, it also was found to be essential for aggregation of D. discoideum cells. The identified DNA-binding activity was absent in mutant cells depleted of CbfA, and CbfA could be precipitated using an acaA promoter fragment. We propose that CbfA binds to the acaA promoter to provide a basal transcription activity that is required for induction of ACA expression after the onset of D. discoideum development.

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Adenylyl CyclasesAnimalsBase SequenceCell Adhesion MoleculesCells, CulturedDictyosteliumDNA-Binding ProteinsMolecular Sequence DataMutationPromoter Regions, GeneticProtozoan ProteinsAdenylyl CyclasescbfA protein, Dictyostelium discoideumCell Adhesion MoleculesDNA-Binding ProteinsProtozoan Proteins

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PMID16607013
PMCPMC1459664
OpenAlexW2122876886

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