Publication Date:
1994-08-05
Description:
The high-mobility group protein 14 (HMG-14) is a non-histone chromosomal protein that is preferentially associated with transcriptionally active chromatin. To assess the effect of HMG-14 on transcription by RNA polymerase II, in vivo-assembled chromatin with elevated amounts of HMG-14 was obtained. Here it is shown that HMG-14 enhanced transcription on chromatin templates but not on DNA templates. This protein stimulated the rate of elongation by RNA polymerase II but not the level of initiation of transcription. These findings suggest that the association of HMG-14 with nucleosomes is part of the cellular process involved in the generation of transcriptionally active chromatin.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Ding, H F -- Rimsky, S -- Batson, S C -- Bustin, M -- Hansen, U -- GM-36667/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Aug 5;265(5173):796-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Division of Molecular Genetics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8047885" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Chromatin/metabolism
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HeLa Cells
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High Mobility Group Proteins/*physiology
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Humans
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Kinetics
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RNA Polymerase II/*metabolism
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Simian virus 40/genetics
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Templates, Genetic
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Transcription, Genetic/*physiology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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