Differential RNA elongation controls the variant surface glycoprotein gene expression sites of Trypanosoma brucei.

Abstract:

:The protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei develops antigenic variation to escape the immune response of its host. To this end, the trypanosome genome contains multiple telomeric expression sites competent for transcription of variant surface glycoprotein genes, but as a rule only a single antigen is expressed at any time. We used reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) to analyse transcription of different segments of the expression sites in different variant clones of two independent strains of T. brucei. The results indicated that RNA polymerase is installed and active at the beginning of many, if not all, expression sites simultaneously, but that a progressive arrest of RNA elongation occurs in all but one site. This defect is linked to inefficient RNA processing and RNA release from the nucleus. Therefore, functional transcription in the active site appears to depend on the selective recruitment of a RNA elongation/processing machinery.

journal_name

Mol Microbiol

journal_title

Molecular microbiology

authors

Vanhamme L,Poelvoorde P,Pays A,Tebabi P,Van Xong H,Pays E

doi

10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01844.x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2000-04-01 00:00:00

pages

328-40

issue

2

eissn

0950-382X

issn

1365-2958

pii

mmi1844

journal_volume

36

pub_type

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