Stable variant-specific transcripts of the variant cell surface glycoprotein gene 1.8 expression site in Trypanosoma brucei.
AUTOR(ES)
Shea, C
RESUMO
The structure and transcriptional regulation of the 1.8 variant cell surface glycoprotein (VSG) gene expression site located on a 430-kilobase (kb) chromosome was examined in a 430-kb-chromosome-specific library. Using 32P-labeled nascent transcripts generated by nuclear run-on, we selected recombinant clones derived from the 430-kb chromosome which were coordinately activated with the 1.8 VSG gene. The results show that a repetitive region with a minimum size of 27 kb is coordinately activated with the 1.8 VSG gene. As with the 1.8 VSG gene, transcription is by RNA polymerases that are insensitive to the drug alpha-amanitin at concentrations up to 1 mg/ml. Transcription results in the generation of several stable variant-specific mRNAs. These mRNAs most likely belong to a family of repetitive expression-site-associated genes.
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