1989
DOI: 10.1101/gad.3.10.1602
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Two TFIIIA activities regulate expression of the Xenopus 5S RNA gene families.

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“…Hardly; Xenopus TFIIIA, for example, is a well-characterized zinc finger protein unquestionably essential for transcription of the 5S rRNA gene (21) and occurring in a 7S complex with 5S rRNA (53). In stage III oocytes, TFIIIA constitutes approximately 10% of the cellular protein and is present in 10 12 molecules per cell, mostly bound to RNA (4,54). Similarly, if hnRNP K is to operate against a sink of binding sites on RNA as well as nonspecific sites on DNA, it must be an abundant protein.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Hardly; Xenopus TFIIIA, for example, is a well-characterized zinc finger protein unquestionably essential for transcription of the 5S rRNA gene (21) and occurring in a 7S complex with 5S rRNA (53). In stage III oocytes, TFIIIA constitutes approximately 10% of the cellular protein and is present in 10 12 molecules per cell, mostly bound to RNA (4,54). Similarly, if hnRNP K is to operate against a sink of binding sites on RNA as well as nonspecific sites on DNA, it must be an abundant protein.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It is, however, possible that other proteins might be responsible for repressing transcription through association with the oocyte 5S RNA gene (7). We therefore carried out a number of control assays to confirm that the majority of oocyte 5S RNA genes were incorporated into nucleosomes.…”
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“…Such compartmentalization could explain why oocyte-type class III genes are highly expressed in oocyte nuclear extracts and in microinjected oocyte nuclei (34,39) but are poorly expressed in oocyte S150 extracts. This might also explain the variation reported between different oocyte S150 extracts with respect to the relative activities for the somatic and oocyte 5S genes (5) or OAX and tMET (34; this study); depending on the method of S150 extract preparation, the contribution from the nuclear contents may vary.…”
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“…The equivalent of human and yeast factor C for the Bombyx system may be represented by two essential factors, termed IIIC and IIID (35). Little information is as yet available concerning the Xenopus homolog.The differential expression of the somatic and oocyte 5S genes has been studied in detail (5,39,40,52,54). There is evidence attributing the developmental inactivation of the oocyte 5S genes to a less-effective interaction with factor C (52).…”
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