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ArticlePloS one2012

Transcriptional repression by a bZIP protein regulates Dictyostelium prespore differentiation.

Beatriz Nuñez-Corcuera, Joanna L Birch, Yoko Yamada, Jeffrey G Williams

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Article in PloS one, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 45% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Beatriz Nuñez-CorcueraCollege of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom.
Joanna L Birch
Yoko Yamada
Jeffrey G Williams
University of Dundee · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council G0600244Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 082579/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In response to the signaling polyketide DIF-1 DimB directly activates transcription of the ecmB gene in pstB cells; a subset of the prestalk cells that are the precursors of the basal disc. We show that the promoter of pspA, a prespore-specific gene, also contains a DimB binding site. Mutation of this site causes ectopic expression in the prestalk region and ChIP analysis shows that DIF-1 induces binding of DimB to the pspA promoter. DIF-1 represses pspA gene expression in a suspension cell assay but this repression is abrogated in a dimB null strain. These results suggest a coupled control mechanism, whereby the same DIF-DimB signaling pathway that directly activates ecmB gene expression directly represses pspA gene expression.

Indexed as

Cell DifferentiationTranscription, GeneticAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBase SequenceBasic-Leucine Zipper Transcription FactorsBinding SitesChromatography, AffinityDictyosteliumElectrophoretic Mobility Shift AssayGene Expression RegulationGenes, ReporterHexanonesHydrocarbons, ChlorinatedMass SpectrometryModels, BiologicalBasic-Leucine Zipper Transcription FactorsDifferentiation-inducing factor-1, DictyosteliumHexanonesHydrocarbons, ChlorinatedProtozoan ProteinsRepressor Proteins

Identifiers

PMID22253818
PMCPMC3253789
OpenAlexW1996958421

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