THE SNF/SWI FAMILY OF GLOBAL TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATORS

被引:230
作者
CARLSON, M [1 ]
LAURENT, BC [1 ]
机构
[1] SUNY HLTH SCI CTR,DEPT MICROBIOL & IMMUNOL,BROOKLYN,NY 11203
关键词
D O I
10.1016/0955-0674(94)90032-9
中图分类号
Q2 [细胞生物学];
学科分类号
071009 ; 090102 ;
摘要
The yeast SNF/SWI proteins have a global role in transcriptional activation. This set of five proteins assists many gene-specific activators, most likely by altering chromatin structure to relieve repression. Recent work shows that the SNF/SWI proteins function together in a multiprotein complex and that SNF2 has DNA-dependent ATPase activity. SNF/SWI homologs have now been identified in Drosophila, mice and humans, suggesting a conserved role in transcriptional activation.
引用
收藏
页码:396 / 402
页数:7
相关论文
共 53 条
  • [1] MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF SNF2 AND SNF5, GENES REQUIRED FOR EXPRESSION OF GLUCOSE-REPRESSIBLE GENES IN SACCHAROMYCES-CEREVISIAE
    ABRAMS, E
    NEIGEBORN, L
    CARLSON, M
    [J]. MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY, 1986, 6 (11) : 3643 - 3651
  • [2] NUCLEOSOME DISPLACEMENT IN TRANSCRIPTION
    ADAMS, CC
    WORKMAN, JL
    [J]. CELL, 1993, 72 (03) : 305 - 308
  • [3] MOLECULAR-CLONING OF RAD16, A GENE INVOLVED IN DIFFERENTIAL REPAIR IN SACCHAROMYCES-CEREVISIAE
    BANG, DD
    VERHAGE, R
    GOOSEN, N
    BROUWER, J
    VANDEPUTTE, P
    [J]. NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH, 1992, 20 (15) : 3925 - 3931
  • [4] AN EXPANDING FAMILY OF HELICASES WITHIN THE DEAD/H SUPERFAMILY
    BORK, P
    KOONIN, EV
    [J]. NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH, 1993, 21 (03) : 751 - 752
  • [5] CELL-CYCLE CONTROL OF THE YEAST HO GENE - CIS-ACTING AND TRANS-ACTING REGULATORS
    BREEDEN, L
    NASMYTH, K
    [J]. CELL, 1987, 48 (03) : 389 - 397
  • [6] A MULTISUBUNIT COMPLEX CONTAINING THE SWI1/ADR6, SWI2/SNF2, SWI3, SNF5, AND SNF6 GENE-PRODUCTS ISOLATED FROM YEAST
    CAIRNS, BR
    KIM, YJ
    SAYRE, MH
    LAURENT, BC
    KORNBERG, RD
    [J]. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 1994, 91 (05) : 1950 - 1954
  • [7] IDENTIFICATION OF A SACCHAROMYCES-CEREVISIAE HOMOLOG OF THE SNF2 TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATOR IN THE DNA-SEQUENCE OF AN 8.6 KB REGION IN THE LTE1-CYS1 INTERVAL ON THE LEFT ARM OF CHROMOSOME-I
    CLARK, MW
    ZHONG, WW
    KENG, T
    STORMS, RK
    BARTON, A
    KABACK, DB
    BUSSEY, H
    [J]. YEAST, 1992, 8 (02) : 133 - 145
  • [8] A PRESUMPTIVE HELICASE (MOT1 GENE-PRODUCT) AFFECTS GENE-EXPRESSION AND IS REQUIRED FOR VIABILITY IN THE YEAST SACCHAROMYCES-CEREVISIAE
    DAVIS, JL
    KUNISAWA, R
    THORNER, J
    [J]. MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY, 1992, 12 (04) : 1879 - 1892
  • [9] A MAMMALIAN DNA-BINDING PROTEIN THAT CONTAINS A CHROMODOMAIN AND AN SNF2 SWI2-LIKE HELICASE DOMAIN
    DELMAS, V
    STOKES, DG
    PERRY, RP
    [J]. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 1993, 90 (06) : 2414 - 2418
  • [10] CLONING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THE SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES-POMBE RAD8 GENE, A MEMBER OF THE SNF2 HELICASE FAMILY
    DOE, CL
    MURRAY, JM
    SHAYEGHI, M
    HOSKINS, M
    LEHMANN, AR
    CARR, AM
    WATTS, FZ
    [J]. NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH, 1993, 21 (25) : 5964 - 5971