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ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2015

Nucleolar dominance and maternal control of 45S rDNA expression.

Katarzyna Michalak, Sebastian Maciak, Young Bun Kim, Graciela Santopietro, Jung Hun Oh, Lin Kang, Harold R Garner, Pawel Michalak

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Article in Proceedings. Biological sciences, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Katarzyna MichalakVirginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.
Sebastian MaciakVirginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA Institute of Biology, University of Bialystok, PL-15-245, Poland.
Young Bun KimVirginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.
Graciela SantopietroVirginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.
Jung Hun OhDepartment of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Lin KangVirginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.
Harold R GarnerThe Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Blacksburg, VA 24060, USA.
Pawel MichalakVirginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA pawel@vbi.vt.edu.
Virginia Tech · USEdward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine · USMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · USUniversity of Białystok · PL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Using a system of interspecies hybrids, trihybrids, and recombinants with varying proportions of genomes from three distinct Xenopus species, we provide evidence for de novo epigenetic silencing of paternal 45 S ribosomal ribonucleic acid (rRNA) genes and their species-dependent expression dominance that escapes transcriptional inactivation after homologous recombination. The same pattern of imprinting is maintained in the offspring from mothers being genetic males (ZZ) sex-reversed to females, indicating that maternal control of ribosomal deoxyribonucleic acid (rDNA) expression is not sex-chromosome linked. Nucleolar dominance (nucleolus underdevelopment) in Xenopus hybrids appears to be associated with a major non-Mendelian reduction in the number of 45 S rDNA gene copies rather than a specific pattern of their expression. The loss of rRNA gene copies in F1 hybrids was non-random with respect to the parental species, with the transcriptionally dominant variant preferentially removed from hybrid zygotes. This dramatic disruption in the structure and function of 45 S rDNA impacts transcriptome patterns of small nucleolar RNAs and messenger RNAs, with genes from the ribosome and oxidative stress pathways being among the most affected. Unorthodoxies of rDNA inheritance and expression may be interpreted as hallmarks of genetic conflicts between parental genomes, as well as defensive epigenetic mechanisms employed to restore genome integrity.

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Epigenesis, GeneticAnimalsCell NucleolusDNA, RibosomalFemaleGene SilencingGenes, rRNAGenomic ImprintingHybridization, GeneticMaleRNA, RibosomalSex Determination ProcessesXenopusDNA, RibosomalRNA, RibosomalRNA, ribosomal, 45S18S ribosomal RNA (rRNA)genetic conflictsinterspecies hybridsnucleolar dominanceXenopus

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PMID26645200
PMCPMC4685780
OpenAlexW2290475480

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