A YEAST SPLICING FACTOR IS LOCALIZED IN DISCRETE SUBNUCLEAR DOMAINS

被引:25
作者
ELLIOTT, DJ
BOWMAN, DS
ABOVICH, N
FAY, FS
ROSBASH, M
机构
[1] BRANDEIS UNIV, DEPT BIOL, WALTHAM, MA 02254 USA
[2] UNIV MASSACHUSETTS, SCH MED, PROGRAM MOLEC BIOL, BIOMED IMAGING GRP, WORCESTER, MA 01605 USA
关键词
DIGITAL IMAGING MICROSCOPY; NUCLEAR ORGANIZATION; PRE-MESSENGER-RNA SPLICING; YEAST;
D O I
10.1002/j.1460-2075.1992.tb05458.x
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Digital imaging microscopy has been used to visualize the splicing protein PRP6p and three other yeast nuclear proteins. The results show that PRP6p is uniquely localized to discrete subnuclear regions. A combination of cytological and biochemical assays suggests that these sites can be saturated when the protein is overexpressed and likely correspond to the location of U4/U6 snRNPs. The observations indicate that some splicing components are located in discrete subregions of the yeast nucleus, similar to the situation described for the mammalian nucleus.
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页码:3731 / 3736
页数:6
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