Publication Date:
1988-08-05
Description:
DNA can form structures other than the Watson-Crick double helix. The potential contributions to gene regulation from one such structure have been investigated by assembling a promoter capable of adopting cruciform base-pairing. Transcription from this promoter by RNA polymerase in vitro was repressed as the cruciform was extruded by increasing negative DNA supercoiling. Transcription in vivo was induced as supercoiling was relaxed by growth in conditions that inhibit DNA gyrase. A DNA conformational change is therefore capable of regulating the initiation of transcription.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Horwitz, M S -- Loeb, L A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1988 Aug 5;241(4866):703-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Joseph Gottstein Memorial Cancer Research Laboratory, Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2456617" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
DNA Topoisomerases, Type II/genetics/metabolism
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DNA, Bacterial/*genetics
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DNA, Superhelical/*genetics
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DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases/metabolism
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Escherichia coli/*genetics
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*Nucleic Acid Conformation
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*Promoter Regions, Genetic
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RNA, Bacterial/biosynthesis
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RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis
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*Transcription, Genetic
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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