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ArticlePloS one2010

Read-through activation of transcription in a cellular genomic context.

Li Shen, David J Spector

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Article in PloS one, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Li ShenDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Inter-College Graduate Degree Program in Genetics, College of Medicine, The Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
David J Spector

Funding

READTHROUGH ACTIVATION OF GENE TRANSCRIPTIONR01GM058214 · NIGMS · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTR · PI SPECTOR, DAVID J · 1999 to 2001
$318k
NIGMS NIH HHS GM058214
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Read-through transcription from the adjacent E1a gene region is required for wild-type (wt) activity of the downstream adenovirus E1b promoter early after infection (read-through activation). However, whether a cellular chromosomal template can support read-through activation is not known. To address this issue, read-through activation was evaluated in the context of stably expressed templates in transfected cells. Inhibition of read-through transcription by insertion of a transcription termination sequence between the E1a and E1b promoters reduced downstream gene expression from stably integrated templates. The results indicate that the mechanism of read-through activation does not depend on the structure of early adenovirus nucleoprotein complexes, a structure that is likely to be different from that of cellular chromatin. Accordingly, this regulatory interaction could participate in the coordinated control of the expression of closely linked cellular genes.

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GenomicsModels, GeneticTranscription, GeneticAdenovirus E1A ProteinsAdenovirus E1B ProteinsCell LineChromatinDNAFlow CytometryGenes, ReporterGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHeLa CellsHumansNucleic Acid HybridizationPromoter Regions, GeneticAdenovirus E1A ProteinsAdenovirus E1B ProteinsChromatinDNAGreen Fluorescent Proteins

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PMID21209942
PMCPMC3011013

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