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ArticleNucleic acids research2009

Bidirectional silencing of RNA polymerase I transcription by a strand switch region in Trypanosoma brucei.

Simon Haenni, Erwin Studer, Gabriela Schumann Burkard, Isabel Roditi

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Simon HaenniInstitute of Cell Biology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Erwin Studer
Gabriela Schumann Burkard
Isabel Roditi
University of Bern · CH

Funding

Howard Hughes Medical Institute
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The procyclin genes in Trypanosoma brucei are transcribed by RNA polymerase I as part of 5-10 kb long polycistronic transcription units on chromosomes VI and X. Each procyclin locus begins with two procyclin genes followed by at least one procyclin-associated gene (PAG). In procyclic (insect midgut) form trypanosomes, PAG mRNA levels are about 100-fold lower than those of procyclins. We show that deletion of PAG1, PAG2 or PAG3 results in increased mRNA levels from downstream genes in the same transcription unit. Nascent RNA analysis revealed that most of the effects are due to increased transcription elongation in the knockouts. Furthermore, transient and stable transfections showed that sequence elements on both strands of PAG1 can inhibit Pol I transcription. Finally, by database mining we identified 30 additional PAG-related sequences that are located almost exclusively at strand switch regions and/or at sites where a change of RNA polymerase type is likely to occur.

Indexed as

Regulatory Elements, TranscriptionalTranscription, Genetic5' Untranslated RegionsAnimalsGene DeletionGenes, ProtozoanGenome, ProtozoanMembrane GlycoproteinsProtozoan ProteinsRNA InterferenceRNA, MessengerRNA Polymerase ITrypanosoma brucei brucei5' Untranslated RegionsMembrane Glycoproteinsprocyclic acidic repetitive protein, TrypanosomaProtozoan ProteinsRNA, MessengerRNA Polymerase I

Identifiers

PMID19531741
PMCPMC2731899
OpenAlexW2042102838

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