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ArticleGenes2016

The R-Operon: A Model of Repetitive DNA-Organized Transcriptional Compartmentation of Eukaryotic Chromosomes for Coordinated Gene Expression.

Shao-Jun Tang

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Article in Genes, 2016. 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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Shao-Jun TangDepartment of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA. shtang@utmb.edu.

Funding

Wnt signaling in glial activation during HIV-associated chronic pain pathogenesisR01NS079166 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI TANG, SHAO-JUN · 2012 to 2021
$5.5M
Interplay of HIV-1 gp120 and opioids in astrocyte activationR01DA036165 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI TANG, SHAO-JUN · 2013 to 2017
$1.9M
NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA036165NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS079166
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In eukaryotic genomes, it is essential to coordinate the activity of genes that function together to fulfill the same biological processes. Genomic organization likely plays a key role in coordinating transcription of different genes. However, little is known about how co-regulated genes are organized in the cell nucleus and how the chromosomal organization facilitates the co-regulation of different genes. I propose that eukaryotic genomes are organized into repeat assembly (RA)-based structural domains ("R-operons") in the nuclear space. R-operons result from the interaction of homologous DNA repeats. In an R-operon, genes in different loci of the linear genome are brought into spatial vicinity and co-regulated by the same pool of transcription factors. This type of large-scale chromosomal organization may provide a mechanism for functional compartmentation of chromosomes to facilitate the transcriptional coordination of gene expression.

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chromatinchromosomeDNA repeatgene expressionoperonrepetitive DNAtranscriptiontranscription factorytransposon

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PMID27110825
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