abstract：:Hepatocyte nuclear factor 1 (HNF-1) is a transcriptional regulatory protein possibly involved in the activation of many liver-specifically expressed genes. HNF-1 mRNA is restricted to a small number of tissues, suggesting that the HNF-1 gene itself is regulated at the transcriptional level. We have isolated and charac...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Tian JM,Schibler U

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Tat protein of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) activates transcription following binding to nascent trans-activation response (TAR) RNA downstream of the transcription start site. Because Tat functions when bound to RNA, and in a position-dependent manner, it has been proposed that Tat works by a novel...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Southgate CD,Green MR

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the relationship between splicing and polyadenylation during the production of vertebrate mRNAs, we examined the effect of mutation of a poly(A) site on splicing of upstream introns. Mutation of the AAUAAA polyadenylation consensus sequence inhibited in vitro splicing of an upstream intron. The magnitud...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Niwa M,Berget SM

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The yeast HO gene is transcribed transiently during G1 as cells undergo START. START-specific HO activation requires two proteins, SWI4 and SWI6, which act via a motif (CACGA4) repeated up to 10 times within the URS2 region of the HO promoter. We identified a DNA-binding activity containing SWI4 and SWI6 that recogniz...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Taba MR,Muroff I,Lydall D,Tebb G,Nasmyth K

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The c-fos serum response element (SRE) is a multifunctional regulatory region of the c-fos promoter that responds to a variety of inducers. Recently, we have demonstrated that the SRE binds the C/EBP-related transcription factor rat NFIL-6 (rNFIL-6). In this study we show that rNFIL-6 is regulated by the cAMP second m...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Metz R,Ziff E

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By studying neuroectoderm formation in the absence of mesoderm and mesectoderm in mutants of the zygotic genes snail and twist, we have found that the number of neuroblasts is not reduced in these mutants, suggesting that mesoderm and mesectoderm are not essential for the initiation of neural development. The position...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Rao Y,Vaessin H,Jan LY,Jan YN

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment with retinoic acid (RA) is known to produce complex teratogenic effects in vertebrates, and its presence in the developing embryo as an endogenous substance has led to the suggestion that RA might be a natural morphogenetic agent. Although our understanding of the molecular mechanism of RA action has improve...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Rossant J,Zirngibl R,Cado D,Shago M,Giguère V

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the human U2 and U6 snRNA genes are transcribed by different RNA polymerases (i.e., RNA polymerases II and III, respectively), their promoters are very similar in structure. Both contain a proximal sequence element (PSE) and an octamer motif-containing enhancer, and these elements are interchangeable between ...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Lobo SM,Lister J,Sullivan ML,Hernandez N

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We identify the "M region" of the muscle-specific Xenopus cardiac actin gene promoter from -282 to -348 as necessary for the embryonic expression of a cardiac actin-beta-globin reporter gene injected into fertilized eggs. Four DNA-binding activities in embryo extracts, embryonic M-region factors 1-4 (EMF1-4), are desc...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Taylor MV,Gurdon JB,Hopwood ND,Towers N,Mohun TJ

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Purkinje cell protein 2 (Pcp-2) is expressed in cerebellar Purkinje cells and retinal bipolar neurons. To illuminate how Pcp-2 expression is restricted to only two neuronal types and to derive tools to express heterologous genes in these neuronal subpopulations, genomic sequences of the mouse Pcp-2 gene have been ...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Vandaele S,Nordquist DT,Feddersen RM,Tretjakoff I,Peterson AC,Orr HT

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:U6 small nuclear RNA is one of the spliceosomal RNAs involved in pre-mRNA splicing. In the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, the U6 RNA gene was found to have an intron similar to a nuclear pre-mRNA intron, and it was proposed that the U6 intron might be inserted erroneously during pre-mRNA splicing. Using the ...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Tani T,Ohshima Y

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcription of erythroid-expressed genes and normal erythroid development in vivo are dependent on a regulatory protein (GATA-1) that recognizes a consensus GATA motif. GATA-1 expression is itself restricted to erythroid progenitors and to two related hematopoietic lineages, megakaryocytes and mast cells. During cel...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Tsai SF,Strauss E,Orkin SH

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:U4 and U6 small nuclear RNAs are associated by an extensive base-pairing interaction that must be disrupted and reformed with each round of splicing. U4 mutations within the U4/U6 interaction domain destabilize the complex in vitro and cause a cold-sensitive phenotype in vivo. Restabilization of the U4/U6 helix by dom...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Shannon KW,Guthrie C

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel system to study early hematopoietic development is described. This report documents the in vitro capacity of murine embryonic stem (ES) cells to differentiate into hematopoietic precursors of most, if not all, of the colony-forming cells found in normal bone marrow. This system is used to correlate the genetic...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Schmitt RM,Bruyns E,Snodgrass HR

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MCM1 is an essential yeast DNA-binding protein that affects both minichromosome maintenance, in a manner suggesting that it has DNA replication initiation function, and gene expression. It activates alpha-specific genes together with MAT alpha 1, and represses a-specific genes together with MAT alpha 2. Alone, MCM1 ca...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Christ C,Tye BK

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human T cell-specific transcription factor TCF-1 alpha plays a key role in the tissue-specific activation of the T cell receptor (TCR) C alpha enhancer and binds to pyrimidine-rich elements (5'-PyCTTTG-3') present in a variety of other T cell-specific control regions. Using amino acid sequence information derived ...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Waterman ML,Fischer WH,Jones KA

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe here a new murine homeo box gene, denoted Hlx, which is expressed within specific hematopoietic lineages. The cDNA sequence indicates that Hlx differs markedly from known vertebrate homeo box genes, and linkage analysis of an interspecific murine backcross showed that it resides at a novel homeo box locus ...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Allen JD,Lints T,Jenkins NA,Copeland NG,Strasser A,Harvey RP,Adams JM

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Wnt gene family encodes a group of cysteine-rich proteins implicated in intercellular signaling during several stages of vertebrate development. This family includes Wnt-1 and Wnt-3, both discovered as activated oncogenes in mouse mammary tumors. Here we describe the molecular cloning of an additional member of th...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Roelink H,Nusse R

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of early Xenopus embryos with retinoic acid (RA) produces a concentration-dependent series of defects in anterior axial structures that range from small deletions to embryos lacking heads. The graded series of axial defects obtained after RA administration to early embryos appears to result, in part, from ac...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Ruiz i Altaba A,Jessell T

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using an immunochemical approach, we have identified a unique antigen, PEP (protein on ecdysone puffs), which is associated in third-instar larvae with the active ecdysone-regulated loci on polytene chromosomes; PEP is not associated with most intermolt puffs and is found on some, but not all, heat shock-induced puffs...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Amero SA,Elgin SC,Beyer AL

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staurosporine, a potent inhibitor of protein kinase C, arrests fission yeast cell elongation specifically at a stage immediately after cell division. We isolated two genes, which, when carried on multicopy plasmids, confer drug resistance in fission yeast. One, spk1+, encodes a protein kinase highly similar (54% ident...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Toda T,Shimanuki M,Yanagida M

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mammary tumor-associated proto-oncogene Wnt-1/int-1 encodes a secreted protein implicated in the regulation of neural development in vertebrates and segmental pattern in Drosophila. Using a PCR-based strategy, we isolated cDNAs encoding six novel, related proteins that are expressed in fetal mice. Predicted protei...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Gavin BJ,McMahon JA,McMahon AP

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficiency of RNA 3'-end formation of spleen necrosis virus (SNV) is determined by the distance between the cap site and the poly(A) site. When the distance between the cap site and the poly(A) site was shorter than 500 bases, only 3-9% of the RNA was polyadenylated at the SNV poly(A) site. However, when the dista...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Iwasaki K,Temin HM

更新日期：1990-12-01 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：:A recent study has shown that the dimeric form of the 50-kD DNA-binding subunit of the NF-kappa B transcription factor is commonly associated with two molecules of a 65-kD protein (p65) and that p65 appears to be required for inactivation of the p50 dimer by the inhibitory subunit I kappa B. Here, we provide evidence ...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Urban MB,Baeuerle PA

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neurogenic loci of Drosophila are required for proper partitioning of ectodermal cells into epidermal versus neural lineages. The loci appear to encode components of a developmental pathway involving cellular communication. In an effort to understand the role of the neurogenic locus mastermind in these processes, ...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Smoller D,Friedel C,Schmid A,Bettler D,Lam L,Yedvobnick B

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The v-erbA oncogene of avian erythroblastosis virus (AEV) encodes a ligand-independent mutated version of the chicken c-erbA alpha-encoded thyroid hormone receptor. The v-erbA gene product, a 75-kD gag/v-erbA fusion protein, is phosphorylated on Ser-16/17 of its v-erbA-encoded domain, and phosphorylation at this site ...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Glineur C,Zenke M,Beug H,Ghysdael J

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NF-E1, a DNA-binding protein that recognizes the general consensus motif WGATAR, is the first tissue-specific factor to be identified in erythroid cells. Using a probe from the murine GF-1 (NF-E1) cDNA clone, we isolated three homologous chicken cDNAs: One of these corresponds to an mRNA (NF-E1a) that is abundantly an...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Yamamoto M,Ko LJ,Leonard MW,Beug H,Orkin SH,Engel JD

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In somatic cells of Xenopus, transcription of the TFIIIA gene initiates greater than 200 bp upstream from the start site used in oocytes. The resultant mRNA encodes a protein, S-TFIIIA, that is 22 amino acids longer at its amino terminus than the abundant form of TFIIIA in oocytes (O-TFIIIA). S-TFIIIA binds the 5S RNA...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Kim SH,Darby MK,Joho KE,Brown DD

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Translation of encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV) mRNA occurs by ribosomal internal entry into the 5'-nontranslated region (5' NTR) rather than by ribosomal scanning. The internal ribosomal entry site (IRES) in the EMCV 5' NTR was determined by in vitro translation with RNAs that were generated by in vitro transcriptio...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Jang SK,Wimmer E

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gamma delta T-cell receptor (TCR) is the first TCR to be expressed in ontogeny in all vertebrates in which it has been examined thoroughly. Murine gamma delta cell-surface protein is detected by the fourteenth day of gestation. In this work, the activation of gamma delta RNA has been studied. Data indicate that th...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Carding SR,Kyes S,Jenkinson EJ,Kingston R,Bottomly K,Owen JJ,Hayday AC

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The stage-specific embryonic antigen SSEA-1 is a cell-surface oligosaccharide molecule expressed with temporal precision during the murine preimplantation period and implicated in adhesive events involving the process of compaction. We used a mammalian transient expression system to isolate a cloned human cDNA that de...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Kukowska-Latallo JF,Larsen RD,Nair RP,Lowe JB

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We characterized a gene, extradenticle, which seems to interact with a specific subset of Drosophila homeo domain proteins, possibly affecting their target specificity. This interpretation is based on an examination of the zygotic and maternal effect phenotypes of extradenticle mutations. In embryos with reduced level...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Peifer M,Wieschaus E

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ultrabithorax (Ubx) gene of Drosophila melanogaster encodes a family of UBX proteins that are thought to specify the developmental fates of segments in the posterior thorax and anterior abdomen by controlling the expression of a set of target genes. UBX proteins bind DNA in vitro, and they activate or repress diff...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Johnson FB,Krasnow MA

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A powerful enhancer has been mapped to an 18-bp DNA segment located 11 kb 5' to the human epsilon-globin gene within the dominant control or locus-activating region. This enhancer is inducible in K562 human erythroleukemia cells, increasing linked gamma-globin promoter/luciferase gene expression to 170-fold over an en...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Ney PA,Sorrentino BP,McDonagh KT,Nienhuis AW

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribonucleotide reductase activity is essential for progression through the cell cycle, catalyzing the rate-limiting step for the production of deoxyribonucleotides needed for DNA synthesis. The enzymatic activity of the enzyme fluctuates in the cell cycle with an activity maximum in S phase. We have identified and cha...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Elledge SJ,Davis RW

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transformer-2 (tra-2) gene of Drosophila melanogaster plays essential roles in both sexual differentiation in the female soma and spermatogenesis in the male germ line. In the female soma, tra-2 is known to act with other genes in the sex determination regulatory cascade to control the sex-specific alternative spl...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Mattox W,Palmer MJ,Baker BS

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GRF2, an abundant yeast protein of Mr approximately 127,000, binds to the GAL upstream activating sequence (UASG) and creates a nucleosome-free region of approximately 230 bp. Purified GRF2 binds to sequences found in many other UASs, in the 35S rRNA enhancer, at centromeres, and at telomeres. Although GRF2 stimulates...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Chasman DI,Lue NF,Buchman AR,LaPointe JW,Lorch Y,Kornberg RD

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper examines ovarian transcription of the divergently oriented yolk protein genes 1 and 2 (yp1 and yp2) of Drosophila melanogaster. We report germ line transformation results demonstrating that yp1 and yp2 are transcribed in the same subpopulations of ovarian follicle cells. Our results show that this expressio...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Logan SK,Wensink PC

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used Sarkosyl to analyze steps along the pathway of transcription initiation by RNA polymerase III. Sarkosyl (0.015%) inhibited transcription when present prior to incubation of RNA polymerase III, TFIIIB, and TFIIIC with the VAI gene, whereas it had no detectable effect on initiation or reinitiation of transcripti...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Kovelman R,Roeder RG

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00