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
1983
Transcription of eukaryotic tRNA genes in vitro. II. Formation of stable complexes.
Schaack J, Sharp S, Dingermann T, Söll D. Transcription of eukaryotic tRNA genes in vitro. II. Formation of stable complexes. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 1983, 258: 2447-2453. PMID: 6549758, DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)32946-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStable transcription complex formationTRNA genesTranscription complex formationStable transcription complexesTranscription complexDrosophila Kc cell extractGene regionD-stemDrosophila tRNAArg geneEukaryotic tRNA genesDrosophila tRNA genesTranscription termination sequenceTRNAArg geneStable complexesComplex formationTranscription experimentsDNA regionsTranscription factorsFactor bindingCell-free extractsTermination sequenceSequence 5T-stemCell extractsDeletion mutations
1982
THE IN VITRO TRANSCRIPTION OF DROSOPHILA tRNA GENES
Dingermann T, Sharp S, Schaack J, DeFranco D, Johnson D, Cooley L, Söll D. THE IN VITRO TRANSCRIPTION OF DROSOPHILA tRNA GENES. 1982, 219-234. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-525960-6.50021-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchT-control regionDrosophila tRNA genesTRNA genesTranscription initiationGene-specific transcription factorsD-control regionMutant tRNA genesDrosophila Kc cellsSpecific transcription factorsMature tRNATranscription complexTermination signalKc cellsPrimary transcriptTranscription factorsControl regionFactor bindingGene transcriptionLeader sequenceFactor bindsPurine triphosphatesRich stretchEfficient terminationD-loopFlanking sequencesEukaryotic tRNA gene transcription is controlled by signals within and outside the mature coding sequence.
DeFranco D, Dingermann T, Johnson D, Sharp S, Söll D. Eukaryotic tRNA gene transcription is controlled by signals within and outside the mature coding sequence. Princess Takamatsu Symposia 1982, 12: 63-72. PMID: 7166550.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTRNA genesMature coding sequenceTranscriptional repressionTRNA sequencesControl regionCoding sequenceEukaryotic tRNA gene transcriptionDrosophila tRNAArg geneSecond control regionEukaryotic tRNA genesDrosophila tRNA genesTRNA gene transcriptionMature tRNA sequencesInitiation of transcriptionNuclease Bal 31TRNAArg geneMature tRNAPoor transcriptional activityDeletion analysisGene transcriptionNucleotides 8D-loopTranscriptional activityPromoter regionBAL-31
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
1980
Analysis of a drosophila tRNA gene cluster
Hovemann B, Sharp S, Yamada H, Söll D. Analysis of a drosophila tRNA gene cluster. Cell 1980, 19: 889-895. PMID: 6769590, DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(80)90080-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTRNA genesFlanking regionsTRNA gene clusterDrosophila tRNA genesTranscription control regionsSecondary structure featuresTranscription directionDrosophila DNAGene clusterMature tRNATRNALys geneControl regionDNA sequencesNucleotide sequenceConsensus sequenceGene regionKb fragmentTerminal sequenceGenesCol E1DNA strandsDNATRNAHybridization of DNASequence