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ArticleBMC molecular biology2016

RNA polymerase II depletion promotes transcription of alternative mRNA species.

Lijian Yu, Mayuri Rege, Craig L Peterson, Michael R Volkert

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Article in BMC molecular biology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Structure of cytoplasmic RNA polymerase II.Nature communications · 2026
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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.

Lijian YuMicrobiological and Physiological Systems, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA, 01655, USA.
Mayuri RegeProgram in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 373 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA.
Craig L PetersonProgram in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 373 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA. craig.peterson@umassmed.edu.
Michael R VolkertMicrobiological and Physiological Systems, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA, 01655, USA. michael.volkert@umassmed.edu.
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · US

Funding

YEAST CHROMATIN STRUCTURE/FUNCTIONR01GM054096 · NIGMS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI PETERSON, CRAIG L · 1997 to 2017
$5.7M
Analysis of the yeast SWI1, SWI2, and SWI3 proteinsR37GM049650 · NIGMS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI PETERSON, CRAIG L · 2006 to 2015
$4.9M
YEAST SWI1, SWI2, AND SWI3 PROTEINSR01GM049650 · NIGMS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI PETERSON, CRAIG L · 1993 to 2016
$2.6M
HUMAN OXIDATION RESISTANCE GENESR01CA100122 · NCI · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI VOLKERT, MICHAEL R · 2004 to 2007
$1.3M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA100122NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM049650NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM054096NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM049650
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCells respond to numerous internal and external stresses, such as heat, cold, oxidative stress, DNA damage, and osmotic pressure changes. In most cases, the primary response to stress is transcriptional induction of genes that assist the cells in tolerating the stress and facilitate the repair of the cellular damage. However, when the transcription machinery itself is stressed, responding by such standard mechanisms may not be possible.

resultsIn this study, we demonstrate that depletion or inactivation of RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) changes the preferred polyadenylation site usage for several transcripts, and leads to increased transcription of a specific subset of genes. Surprisingly, depletion of RNA polymerase I (RNAPI) also promotes altered polyadenylation site usage, while depletion of RNA polymerase III (RNAPIII) does not appear to have an impact.

conclusionsOur results demonstrate that stressing the transcription machinery by depleting either RNAPI or RNAPII leads to a novel transcriptional response that results in induction of specific mRNAs and altered polyadenylation of many of the induced transcripts.

Indexed as

Alternative SplicingPolyadenylationTranscription, GeneticGene DeletionRNA, MessengerRNA Polymerase IISaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsRNA, MessengerRNA Polymerase IIRPB2 protein, S cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsAltered polyadenylation preferencemRNA inductionRNA polymerase depletionTranscriptionTranscriptional stress

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PMID27578267
PMCPMC5004267
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