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Mono-allelic epigenetic regulation of polycistronic transcription initiation by RNA polymerase II in

Rudo Kieft, Laura Cliffe, Haidong Yan, Robert J Schmitz, Stephen L Hajduk, Robert Sabatini

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Article in mBio, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Mapping Open Chromatin in Trypanosoma brucei Using ATAC-Seq.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Rudo KieftDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.
Laura CliffeDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.
Haidong YanDepartment of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.
Robert J SchmitzDepartment of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.
Stephen L HajdukDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.
Robert SabatiniDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0188-0201

Funding

Regulation of RNA polymerase II transcription in trypanosomatidsR01AI109108 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI SABATINI, ROBERT S · 2014 to 2022
$3.7M
Trypanosome Lysis by Human Haptoglobin Related ProteinR01AI039033 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI HAJDUK, STEPHEN L · 1996 to 2014
$3.5M
Lysis of Trypanosomes by Haptoglobin Related ProteinR21AI039033 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI HAJDUK, STEPHEN L · 2001 to 2001
$287k
HHS | National Institutes of Health (NIH) AI39033HHS | National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01AI109108NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI039033NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI109108NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI039033
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Unique for a eukaryote, protein-coding genes in trypanosomes are arranged in polycistronic transcription units (PTUs). This genome arrangement has led to a model where Pol II transcription of PTUs is unregulated and changes in gene expression are entirely post-transcriptional.

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Epigenesis, GeneticRNA Polymerase IITranscription Initiation, GeneticTrypanosoma brucei bruceiAllelesPromoter Regions, GeneticProtozoan ProteinsTranscription, GeneticProtozoan ProteinsRNA Polymerase IIbase JHpHb receptorpolycistronic transcriptiontranscription initiationTrypanosoma bruceitrypanosome lytic factor

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PMID39704500
PMCPMC11796357

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