1984
Transcriptionally active and inactive gene repeats within the D. meianogaster 5S RNA gene cluster
Sharp S, Garcia A, Cooley L, Söll D. Transcriptionally active and inactive gene repeats within the D. meianogaster 5S RNA gene cluster. Nucleic Acids Research 1984, 12: 7617-7632. PMID: 6093044, PMCID: PMC320189, DOI: 10.1093/nar/12.20.7617.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEfficiency of transcriptionRRNA gene copiesHigh transcription efficiencyTwo-nucleotide deletionD. melanogasterGene repeatRNA genesGene clusterPrimary transcriptGene copiesTranscription functionTranscription efficiencyTemplate activityCell extractsTranscriptionDNAPosition 28Position 86DNA typesRepeat unitsDeletionSame sequenceMelanogasterRRNAGenes
1981
Identification of regulatory sequences contained in the 5'-flanking region of Drosophila lysine tRNA2 genes.
DeFranco D, Sharp S, Söll D. Identification of regulatory sequences contained in the 5'-flanking region of Drosophila lysine tRNA2 genes. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 1981, 256: 12424-12429. PMID: 6913581, DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)43290-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTRNA genesTranscriptional repressionMature tRNATemplate activityDrosophila tRNA genesLow template activityInsertion of nucleotidesPoor transcriptional activityRegulatory sequencesDeletion analysisNucleotides 23Transcriptional activityAdditional nucleotidesGenesTRNARepressionNucleotidesTranscriptionComplete lossSequenceDeletionOligonucleotideOligonucleotide sequencesRegionActivity