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ArticleMolecular and cellular biology1998

Xenopus TFIIIA gene transcription is dependent on cis-element positioning and chromatin structure.

S L Pfaff, W L Taylor

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Article in Molecular and cellular biology, 1998. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

S L PfaffDepartment of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA.
W L Taylor
Salk Institute for Biological Studies · USUniversity of Tennessee Health Science Center · US

Funding

TFIIIA GENE EXPRESSION IN OOCYTES &SOMATIC CELLSR01GM039234 · NIGMS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI TAYLOR, WILLIAM L · 1988 to 1995
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TFIIIA GENE EXPRESSION IN OOCYTES AND SOMATIC CELLSR55GM039234 · NIGMS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI TAYLOR, WILLIAM L · 1991 to 1991
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NIGMS NIH HHS GM 39234
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Xenopus TFIIIA gene is transcribed very efficiently in oocytes. In addition to a TATA element at -30, we show that from -425 to +7 the TFIIIA gene contains only two positive cis elements centered at -267 (element 1) and -230 (element 2). This arrangement of the cis elements in the TFIIIA gene is striking because these two elements are positioned very close to each other yet separated from the TATA element by approximately 190 nucleotides. We show that the 190-nucleotide spacing between the TATA element and the upstream cis elements (elements 1 and 2) is critical for efficient transcription of the gene in oocytes and that a nucleosome is positioned in this intervening region. This nucleosome may act positively on TFIIIA transcription in oocytes by placing transcription factors bound at elements 1 and 2 in a favorable position relative to the transcription complex at the TATA element.

Indexed as

Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic AcidTranscription, GeneticAnimalsBase SequenceChromatinChromosome MappingDNAGene Expression RegulationMolecular Sequence DataOocytesTranscription FactorsTranscription Factor TFIIAXenopusChromatinDNATranscription FactorsTranscription Factor TFIIA

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PMID9632765
PMCPMC108965
OpenAlexW2099042311

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