INITIATION ON CHROMATIN TEMPLATES IN A YEAST RNA POLYMERASE-II TRANSCRIPTION SYSTEM

被引:50
作者
LORCH, Y
LAPOINTE, JW
KORNBERG, RD
机构
[1] Department of Cell Biology, Stanford Univ School of Medicine, Stanford
关键词
POLYMERASE-II TRANSCRIPTION SYSTEM; CHROMATIN TEMPLATES; YEAST; CYC1; PROMOTER;
D O I
10.1101/gad.6.12a.2282
中图分类号
Q2 [细胞生物学];
学科分类号
071009 ; 090102 ;
摘要
Templates were prepared with either the TATA box or transcription start sites of the yeast CYC1 promoter in a nucleosome. In both cases, initiation in an unfractionated yeast RNA polymerase II transcription system was abolished by the nucleosome. The inhibition appeared to be relieved by the activator protein Gal4-VP16 binding to a site upstream of the promoter. Inhibition was not relieved, however, in a transcription system reconstituted from purified components, indicating a requirement for additional factors for the effect of Gal4-VP16.
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页码:2282 / 2287
页数:6
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