Transcription of the Xenopus laevis selenocysteine tRNA(Ser)Sec gene: a system that combines an internal B box and upstream elements also found in U6 snRNA genes.
- 1 March 1991
- journal article
- Vol. 10 (3) , 599-606
Abstract
The transcription mode of the Xenopus tRNA(Ser)Sec gene by RNA polymerase III was deciphered by injection of mutant templates into Xenopus oocyte nuclei. tRNA(Ser)Sec represents the paradigm of a new class of RNA polymerase III genes combining tRNA and U snRNA gene regulatory elements. Its promoter is tripartite, constituted by two upstream elements, a PSE and a TATA motif that are interchangeable with those of U6 snRNA genes and an internal box B as in other tRNAs. The B box enables the transcription level dependent on the upstream promoter to be increased. Data obtained indicate that U1 snRNA (Pol II) and tRNA(Ser)Sec (Pol III) genes share at least one transcription factor, implying that the border between transcription systems is less tight than expected.This publication has 45 references indexed in Scilit:
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