A zinc-binding site in the largest subunit of DNA-dependent RNA polymerase is involved in enzyme assembly.

abstract：:SNF2 chromatin-remodeling ATPases play an important role in ensuring proper development in higher eukaryotes by controlling accessibility of cis-regulatory DNA regions to transcription factors and to the transcriptional machinery. However, the biological targets controlled by these ATPases are largely unknown. Using g...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Kwon CS,Chen C,Wagner D

更新日期：2005-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Interactions required for inhibition of poly(A) polymerase (PAP) by the U1 snRNP-specific U1A protein, a reaction whose function is to autoregulate U1A protein production, are examined. PAP inhibition requires a substrate RNA to which at least two molecules of U1A protein can bind tightly, but we demonstrate that the ...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Gunderson SI,Vagner S,Polycarpou-Schwarz M,Mattaj IW

更新日期：1997-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Entry into sporulation by the Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis is governed by two transcription factors, Spo0A and sigma H, and involves a switch in the site of division from a medial to a polar location. We report that at the onset of sporulation, assembly of the cell division protein FtsZ shifts from midcel...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Levin PA,Losick R

更新日期：1996-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The Snail zinc-finger transcription factors trigger epithelial-mesenchymal transitions (EMTs), endowing epithelial cells with migratory and invasive properties during both embryonic development and tumor progression. During EMT, Snail provokes the loss of epithelial markers, as well as changes in cell shape and the ex...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Vega S,Morales AV,Ocaña OH,Valdés F,Fabregat I,Nieto MA

更新日期：2004-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) regulates the activity of β-catenin, an integral component of Wnt signaling. However, the selective role of the APC-β-catenin pathway in cerebral cortical development is unknown. Here we genetically dissected the relative contributions of APC-regulated β-catenin signaling in cortical p...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Nakagawa N,Li J,Yabuno-Nakagawa K,Eom TY,Cowles M,Mapp T,Taylor R,Anton ES

更新日期：2017-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Abcission, the natural shedding of leaves, flowers and fruits, is a fundamental component of plant development. Abscission is a highly regulated process that occurs at distinct zones of cells that undergo enlargement and subsequent separation. Although some components of abscission, including accumulation of the hormo...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Jinn TL,Stone JM,Walker JC

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telomeres are specialized nucleoprotein structures that protect chromosome ends from DNA damage response (DDR) and DNA rearrangements. The telomeric shelterin protein TRF2 suppresses the DDR, and this function has been attributed to its abilities to trigger t-loop formation or prevent massive decompaction and loss of ...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Vancevska A,Douglass KM,Pfeiffer V,Manley S,Lingner J

更新日期：2017-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcriptional activation of the human U1 snRNA genes is dependent on a noncanonical octamer element contained within an upstream enhancer. The U1 octamer only weakly recruits the Oct-1 POU domain, although recruitment is stimulated by a peptide containing the Oct-1-binding domain of SNAP190. Structural analysis of t...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Hovde S,Hinkley CS,Strong K,Brooks A,Gu L,Henry RW,Geiger J

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of Set2-mediated methylation of H3K36 (K36me) correlates with transcription frequency throughout the yeast genome. K36me targets the Rpd3S complex to deacetylate transcribed regions and suppress cryptic transcription initiation at certain genes. Here, using a genome-wide approach, we report that the Set2-...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Li B,Gogol M,Carey M,Pattenden SG,Seidel C,Workman JL

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Drosophila, the development of the compound eye depends on the movement of a morphogenetic furrow (MF) from the posterior (P) to the anterior (A) of the eye imaginal disc. We define several subdomains along the A-P axis of the eye disc that express distinct combinations of transcription factors. One subdomain, ante...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Bessa J,Gebelein B,Pichaud F,Casares F,Mann RS

更新日期：2002-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The ascidian tadpole represents the most simplified chordate body plan. It contains a notochord composed of just 40 cells, but as in vertebrates Brachyury is essential for notochord differentiation. Here, we show that the misexpression of the Brachyury gene (Ci-Bra) of Ciona intestinalis is sufficient to transform end...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Takahashi H,Hotta K,Erives A,Di Gregorio A,Zeller RW,Levine M,Satoh N

更新日期：1999-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The heterochromatin-like structure formed by the yeast silent information regulator complex (SIR) represses transcription at the silent mating type loci and telomeres. Here, we report that tight protein-DNA complexes induce ectopic recruitment of the SIR complex, promoting gene silencing and changes in subnuclear loca...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Dubarry M,Loïodice I,Chen CL,Thermes C,Taddei A

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The C-terminal domain of the Escherichia coli RNA polymerase (RNAP) alpha subunit (alphaCTD) stimulates transcription initiation by interacting with upstream (UP) element DNA and a variety of transcription activators. Here we identify specific substitutions in region 4.2 of sigma 70 (sigma(70)) and in alphaCTD that de...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Ross W,Schneider DA,Paul BJ,Mertens A,Gourse RL

更新日期：2003-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous genetic mosaic studies established that expression of the Drosophila bride of sevenless (boss) gene is required in photoreceptor neuron R8 for the development of photoreceptor neuron R7. This led to the proposal that boss encodes or regulates an R7-specific inductive cue. We have identified the boss gene base...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Hart AC,Krämer H,Van Vactor DL Jr,Paidhungat M,Zipursky SL

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sexual identity in Drosophila is determined by zygotic X-chromosome dose. Two potent indicators of X-chromosome dose are sisterless-a (sis-a) and sisterless-b (sis-b). Genetic analysis has shown that a diplo-X dose of these genes activates their regulatory target, the feminizing switch gene Sex-lethal (Sxl), whereas a...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Erickson JW,Cline TW

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alternative pre-mRNA splicing determines many changes in gene expression during development. Two regulators known to control splicing patterns during neuron and muscle differentiation are the polypyrimidine tract-binding protein (PTB) and its neuronal homolog nPTB. These proteins repress certain exons in early myoblas...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Boutz PL,Chawla G,Stoilov P,Black DL

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kinase suppressor of Ras (KSR) is a recently identified component of Ras-dependent signaling pathways. In this report, we show that murine KSR1 (mKSR1) cooperates with activated Ras to promote Xenopus oocyte maturation and cellular transformation and provide evidence that this cooperation occurs by accelerating mitoge...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Therrien M,Michaud NR,Rubin GM,Morrison DK

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pre-mRNA processing is coupled with transcription. It is still unclear if the transcription machinery can also directly affect the cytoplasmic fate of a transcript, such as its intracellular localization. In yeast, the RNA-binding protein She2p binds several mRNAs and targets them for localization at the bud. Here we ...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Shen Z,St-Denis A,Chartrand P

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA repair associated with DNA replication is important for the conservation of genomic sequence information, whereas reconstitution of chromatin after replication sustains epigenetic information. We have isolated and characterized mutations in the BRU1 gene of Arabidopsis that suggest a novel link between these under...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Takeda S,Tadele Z,Hofmann I,Probst AV,Angelis KJ,Kaya H,Araki T,Mengiste T,Mittelsten Scheid O,Shibahara K,Scheel D,Paszkowski J

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SpoIIIE is an FtsK-related protein that transports the forespore chromosome across the Bacillus subtilis sporulation septum. We use membrane photobleaching and protoplast assays to demonstrate that SpoIIIE is required for septal membrane fission in the presence of trapped DNA, and that DNA is transported across separa...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Fleming TC,Shin JY,Lee SH,Becker E,Huang KC,Bustamante C,Pogliano K

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have analyzed pre-mRNA splicing in yeast extracts immunodepleted of the PRP18 protein. We find that while the first step of splicing (cleavage at the 5' splice site, and generation of the exon 1 and lariat intermediates) is unaffected by the absence of PRP18, the second step of splicing (excision of the lariat intr...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Horowitz DS,Abelson J

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The LIM motif defines a double zinc finger structure found in proteins involved in cell fate determination and growth control. LIM proteins, which include LIM homeo domain, LIM kinase, focal adhesion, and LIM-only proteins, usually contain two or more LIM motifs clustered at their amino- or carboxy-terminal end. At pr...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Arber S,Caroni P

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel cysteine-rich motif, named LIM, has been identified in the homeo box genes lin-11, Isl-1, and mec-3; the mec-3 and lin-11 genes determine cell lineages in Caenorhabditis elegans. We isolated LIM class homeo box genes from Xenopus laevis that are closely related to lin-11 and mec-3 in the LIM and homeo domains....

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Taira M,Jamrich M,Good PJ,Dawid IB

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transcription cofactor MAL is regulated by free actin levels and thus by actin dynamics. MAL, together with its DNA-binding partner, SRF, is required for invasive cell migration and in experimental metastasis. Although MAL/SRF has many targets, we provide genetic evidence in both Drosophila and human cellular mode...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Salvany L,Muller J,Guccione E,Rørth P

更新日期：2014-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Riboswitches are RNA elements that undergo a shift in structure in response to binding of a regulatory molecule. These elements are encoded within the transcript they regulate, and act in cis to control expression of the coding sequence(s) within that transcript; their function is therefore distinct from that of small...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Henkin TM

更新日期：2008-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Epigenetic modifications of chromatin play an important role in the regulation of gene expression. KMT4/Dot1 is a conserved histone methyltransferase capable of methylating chromatin on Lys79 of histone H3 (H3K79). Here we report the identification of a multisubunit Dot1 complex (DotCom), which includes several of the...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Mohan M,Herz HM,Takahashi YH,Lin C,Lai KC,Zhang Y,Washburn MP,Florens L,Shilatifard A

更新日期：2010-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromatin structure is believed to be important for a number of cellular processes, including transcription. However, the role of nucleosomes in transcription is not well understood. We have identified the yeast histone locus HTB1-HTB1, encoding histones H2A and H2B, as a suppressor of solo delta insertion mutations t...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Clark-Adams CD,Norris D,Osley MA,Fassler JS,Winston F

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell differentiation is essential for the development of multicellular organisms. In flowering plants, the haploid male gametophytes (pollen grains) are generated in the anther from reproductive cells called microsporocytes. Several types of somatic cells ensure successful pollen development, and thus reproduction. Ho...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Zhao DZ,Wang GF,Speal B,Ma H

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP) is a major trait of senescent cells, but the molecular regulators of SASP factor secretion are poorly understood. Mass spectrometry analysis revealed that secretory carrier membrane protein 4 (SCAMP4) levels were strikingly elevated on the surface of senescent cells...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Kim KM,Noh JH,Bodogai M,Martindale JL,Pandey PR,Yang X,Biragyn A,Abdelmohsen K,Gorospe M

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Overexpression of the type II transmembrane serine protease matriptase is a highly consistent feature of human epithelial tumors. Here we show that matriptase possesses a strong oncogenic potential when unopposed by its endogenous inhibitor, HAI-1. Modest orthotopic overexpression of matriptase in the skin of transgen...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： List K,Szabo R,Molinolo A,Sriuranpong V,Redeye V,Murdock T,Burke B,Nielsen BS,Gutkind JS,Bugge TH

更新日期：2005-08-15 00:00:00