Chapter title |
The Nucleolus
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Chapter number | 8 |
Book title |
The Nucleolus
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Published in |
Methods in molecular biology, January 2016
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DOI | 10.1007/978-1-4939-3792-9_8 |
Pubmed ID | |
Book ISBNs |
978-1-4939-3790-5, 978-1-4939-3792-9
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Authors |
Pilsl, Michael, Merkl, Philipp E, Milkereit, Philipp, Griesenbeck, Joachim, Tschochner, Herbert, Michael Pilsl, Philipp E. Merkl, Philipp Milkereit, Joachim Griesenbeck, Herbert Tschochner |
Editors |
Attila Németh |
Abstract |
RNA polymerase I (Pol I) activity is crucial to provide cells with sufficient amounts of ribosomal RNA (rRNA). Synthesis of rRNA takes place in the nucleolus, is tightly regulated and is coordinated with synthesis and assembly of ribosomal proteins, finally resulting in the formation of mature ribosomes. Many studies on Pol I mechanisms and regulation in the model organism S. cerevisiae were performed using either complex in vitro systems reconstituted from more or less purified fractions or genetic analyses. While providing many valuable insights these strategies did not always discriminate between direct and indirect effects in transcription initiation and termination, when mutated forms of Pol I subunits or transcription factors were investigated. Therefore, a well-defined minimal system was developed which allows to reconstitute highly efficient promoter-dependent Pol I initiation and termination of transcription. Transcription can be initiated at a minimal promoter only in the presence of recombinant core factor and extensively purified initiation competent Pol I. Addition of recombinant termination factors triggers transcriptional pausing and release of the ternary transcription complex. This minimal system represents a valuable tool to investigate the direct impact of (lethal) mutations in components of the initiation and termination complexes on the mechanism and regulation of rRNA synthesis. |
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