1985
Transcription of a Drosophila tRNAArg gene in yeast extract: 5′-flanking sequence dependence for transcription in a heterologous system
Schaack J, Söll D. Transcription of a Drosophila tRNAArg gene in yeast extract: 5′-flanking sequence dependence for transcription in a heterologous system. Nucleic Acids Research 1985, 13: 2803-2814. PMID: 3889849, PMCID: PMC341195, DOI: 10.1093/nar/13.8.2803.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDrosophila Kc cell extractS. cerevisiae extractTRNA genesCerevisiae extractDrosophila tRNAArg geneCell extractsDrosophila tRNA genesDrosophila Kc cellsTRNAArg geneTranscription extractActive transcriptionTranscription kineticsExtracts of SaccharomycesSteady-state levelsKc cellsHeterologous systemsS. cerevisiaeSequence requirementsLag phaseTranscriptionGenesHeterologous combinationsPARGPosition 21Deletion
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
1982
The 5- flanking sequences of Drosophila tRNAArg genes control their in vitro transcription in a Drosophila cell extract.
Dingermann T, Burke D, Sharp S, Schaack J, Söll D. The 5- flanking sequences of Drosophila tRNAArg genes control their in vitro transcription in a Drosophila cell extract. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 1982, 257: 14738-14744. PMID: 6924656, DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)33342-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDrosophila tRNAArg geneTRNAArg geneDrosophila Kc cell extractFlanking sequencesTranscription efficiencyCell extractsDrosophila cell extractsEfficiency of transcriptionRegion 42ATranscriptional componentsGene clusterDrosophila extractsEfficient transcriptionTranscription factorsChromosome 2HeLa extractsTranscriptionGenesHeLa cellsSpecific sequencesHomologous extractsSequenceArgDeletionExtract
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