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Thiamine derivatives bind messenger RNAs directly to regulate bacterial gene expression 总被引:51,自引:0,他引:51
Although proteins fulfil most of the requirements that biology has for structural and functional components such as enzymes and receptors, RNA can also serve in these capacities. For example, RNA has sufficient structural plasticity to form ribozyme and receptor elements that exhibit considerable enzymatic power and binding specificity. Moreover, these activities can be combined to create allosteric ribozymes that are modulated by effector molecules. It has also been proposed that certain messenger RNAs might use allosteric mechanisms to mediate regulatory responses depending on specific metabolites. We report here that mRNAs encoding enzymes involved in thiamine (vitamin B(1)) biosynthesis in Escherichia coli can bind thiamine or its pyrophosphate derivative without the need for protein cofactors. The mRNA-effector complex adopts a distinct structure that sequesters the ribosome-binding site and leads to a reduction in gene expression. This metabolite-sensing regulatory system provides an example of a 'riboswitch' whose evolutionary origin might pre-date the emergence of proteins. 相似文献
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Radiation-induced nondisjunction in mouse oocytes 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
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An endogenous small interfering RNA pathway in Drosophila 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Czech B Malone CD Zhou R Stark A Schlingeheyde C Dus M Perrimon N Kellis M Wohlschlegel JA Sachidanandam R Hannon GJ Brennecke J 《Nature》2008,453(7196):798-802
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Glucocorticoids regulate expression of dihydrofolate reductase cDNA in mouse mammary tumour virus chimaeric plasmids 总被引:61,自引:0,他引:61
Fusions between the mouse mammary tumour virus long terminal repeat and a mouse dihydrofolate reductase cDNA have been constructed in a SV40 vector. When these plasmids are transferred into recipient cells, the production of dihydrofolate reductase is regulated by glucocorticoid hormones. These results define a hormonally responsive region of the viral genome. 相似文献
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Human chromosome 21 gene expression atlas in the mouse 总被引:19,自引:0,他引:19
Reymond A Marigo V Yaylaoglu MB Leoni A Ucla C Scamuffa N Caccioppoli C Dermitzakis ET Lyle R Banfi S Eichele G Antonarakis SE Ballabio A 《Nature》2002,420(6915):582-586
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Bahar R Hartmann CH Rodriguez KA Denny AD Busuttil RA Dollé ME Calder RB Chisholm GB Pollock BH Klein CA Vijg J 《Nature》2006,441(7096):1011-1014
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The process of segmentation, in which the developing embryo is divided into repetitive structures along its antero-posterior (A-P) axis, as a means of organizing and coordinating the body plan is found in a wide range of organisms. In Drosophila, homoeotic genes are involved in all levels of segmental organization and in determining segment identity. The roles of these genes in segmentation have been found mainly by mutational studies, but also by in situ hybridization, which has shown their domains of expression. In contrast to Drosophila, however, embryonic expression of homoeobox-containing genes in vertebrate organisms has not been found to follow a segmental pattern. Vertebrate segmentation can be clearly seen in the mesodermal somites, but repetitive morphological structures in the central nervous system (neuromeres) have only recently been shown to have developmental significance. Neuromeres in the hindbrain (rhombomeres) have been defined as segmental units by their pattern of nerve formation in the developing chick and by the alternating expression of Krox-20, a gene encoding a zinc-finger DNA-binding protein, in the 9.5-day-old mouse. Here we report that a mouse homoeobox-containing gene, Hox-2.9, is expressed in a segment-specific manner in the developing mouse hindbrain. This expression is in a region which is flanked by the regions of expression of Krox-20, and is precisely contained within a single neuromere, rhombomere 4. 相似文献
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Genome-wide atlas of gene expression in the adult mouse brain 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Lein ES Hawrylycz MJ Ao N Ayres M Bensinger A Bernard A Boe AF Boguski MS Brockway KS Byrnes EJ Chen L Chen L Chen TM Chin MC Chong J Crook BE Czaplinska A Dang CN Datta S Dee NR Desaki AL Desta T Diep E Dolbeare TA Donelan MJ Dong HW Dougherty JG Duncan BJ Ebbert AJ Eichele G Estin LK Faber C Facer BA Fields R Fischer SR Fliss TP Frensley C Gates SN Glattfelder KJ Halverson KR Hart MR Hohmann JG Howell MP Jeung DP Johnson RA Karr PT Kawal R Kidney JM Knapik RH Kuan CL Lake JH Laramee AR 《Nature》2007,445(7124):168-176
Molecular approaches to understanding the functional circuitry of the nervous system promise new insights into the relationship between genes, brain and behaviour. The cellular diversity of the brain necessitates a cellular resolution approach towards understanding the functional genomics of the nervous system. We describe here an anatomically comprehensive digital atlas containing the expression patterns of approximately 20,000 genes in the adult mouse brain. Data were generated using automated high-throughput procedures for in situ hybridization and data acquisition, and are publicly accessible online. Newly developed image-based informatics tools allow global genome-scale structural analysis and cross-correlation, as well as identification of regionally enriched genes. Unbiased fine-resolution analysis has identified highly specific cellular markers as well as extensive evidence of cellular heterogeneity not evident in classical neuroanatomical atlases. This highly standardized atlas provides an open, primary data resource for a wide variety of further studies concerning brain organization and function. 相似文献
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Genetics of gene expression surveyed in maize,mouse and man 总被引:111,自引:0,他引:111
Schadt EE Monks SA Drake TA Lusis AJ Che N Colinayo V Ruff TG Milligan SB Lamb JR Cavet G Linsley PS Mao M Stoughton RB Friend SH 《Nature》2003,422(6929):297-302
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Cancer genomics: small RNAs with big impacts 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Meltzer PS 《Nature》2005,435(7043):745-746
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A gene expression map of human chromosome 21 orthologues in the mouse 总被引:15,自引:0,他引:15
Gitton Y Dahmane N Baik S Ruiz i Altaba A Neidhardt L Scholze M Herrmann BG Kahlem P Benkahla A Schrinner S Yildirimman R Herwig R Lehrach H Yaspo ML;HSA expression map initiative 《Nature》2002,420(6915):586-590
The DNA sequence of human chromosome 21 (HSA21) has opened the route for a systematic molecular characterization of all of its genes. Trisomy 21 is associated with Down's syndrome, the most common genetic cause of mental retardation in humans. The phenotype includes various organ dysmorphies, stereotypic craniofacial anomalies and brain malformations. Molecular analysis of congenital aneuploidies poses a particular challenge because the aneuploid region contains many protein-coding genes whose function is unknown. One essential step towards understanding their function is to analyse mRNA expression patterns at key stages of organism development. Seminal works in flies, frogs and mice showed that genes whose expression is restricted spatially and/or temporally are often linked with specific ontogenic processes. Here we describe expression profiles of mouse orthologues to HSA21 genes by a combination of large-scale mRNA in situ hybridization at critical stages of embryonic and brain development and in silico (computed) mining of expressed sequence tags. This chromosome-scale expression annotation associates many of the genes tested with a potential biological role and suggests candidates for the pathogenesis of Down's syndrome. 相似文献