2017
Metacyclic VSG expression site promoters are recognized by the same general transcription factor that is required for RNA polymerase I transcription of bloodstream expression sites
Kolev NG, Günzl A, Tschudi C. Metacyclic VSG expression site promoters are recognized by the same general transcription factor that is required for RNA polymerase I transcription of bloodstream expression sites. Molecular And Biochemical Parasitology 2017, 216: 52-55. PMID: 28716719, PMCID: PMC5582990, DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2017.07.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBloodstream VSG expression sitesVSG expression sitesVSG ES promoterExpression sitesPol IVSG genesES promoterRNA polymerase I transcriptionGeneral transcription factorsBloodstream expression sitesVariant surface glycoprotein (VSG) coatPolymerase I transcriptionRNA polymerase IDistinct promoter sequencesMetacyclic VSG geneTrypanosoma brucei cellsProcyclin genesTypes of promotersBrucei cellsDevelopmental programDistinct binding affinitiesTranscription factorsI transcriptionInitiation factorsPromoter sequences
2003
VgRBP71 Stimulates Cleavage at a Polyadenylation Signal in Vg1 mRNA, Resulting in the Removal of a cis-Acting Element that Represses Translation
Kolev NG, Huber PW. VgRBP71 Stimulates Cleavage at a Polyadenylation Signal in Vg1 mRNA, Resulting in the Removal of a cis-Acting Element that Represses Translation. Molecular Cell 2003, 11: 745-755. PMID: 12667456, DOI: 10.1016/s1097-2765(03)00071-6.Peer-Reviewed Original Research3' Untranslated RegionsAnimalsBase SequenceBinding SitesBinding, CompetitiveBlotting, WesternGlutathione TransferaseGlycoproteinsMolecular Sequence DataNucleic Acid ConformationOocytesPlasmidsPolymerase Chain ReactionProtein BindingProtein BiosynthesisProtein Structure, SecondaryReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRibonucleasesRNARNA HelicasesRNA, MessengerRNA-Binding ProteinsTranscription, GeneticTransforming Growth Factor betaXenopusXenopus Proteins