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Mitra P, Xie RL, Medina R, Hovhannisyan H, Zaidi SK, Wei Y, Harper JW, Stein JL, van Wijnen AJ, Stein GS. Identification of HiNF-P, a key activator of cell cycle-controlled histone H4 genes at the onset of S phase. Mol Cell Biol 2003; 23:8110-23. [PMID: 14585971 PMCID: PMC262391 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.23.22.8110-8123.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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At the G(1)/S phase cell cycle transition, multiple histone genes are expressed to ensure that newly synthesized DNA is immediately packaged as chromatin. Here we have purified and functionally characterized the critical transcription factor HiNF-P, which is required for E2F-independent activation of the histone H4 multigene family. Using chromatin immunoprecipitation analysis and ligation-mediated PCR-assisted genomic sequencing, we show that HiNF-P interacts with conserved H4 cell cycle regulatory sequences in vivo. Antisense inhibition of HiNF-P reduces endogenous histone H4 gene expression. Furthermore, we find that HiNF-P utilizes NPAT/p220, a substrate of the cyclin E/cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (CDK2) kinase complex, as a key coactivator to enhance histone H4 gene transcription. The biological role of HiNF-P is reflected by impeded cell cycle progression into S phase upon antisense-mediated reduction of HiNF-P levels. Our results establish that HiNF-P is the ultimate link in a linear signaling pathway that is initiated with the growth factor-dependent induction of cyclin E/CDK2 kinase activity at the restriction point and culminates in the activation of histone H4 genes through HiNF-P at the G(1)/S phase transition.
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- Partha Mitra
- Department of Cell Biology and Cancer Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
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Lin HM, Ruiz-Carrillo A, Dodgson JB. Elements regulating differential activity of chicken histone H1 gene promoters. DNA Cell Biol 1998; 17:197-206. [PMID: 9502436 DOI: 10.1089/dna.1998.17.197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The chicken genome contains six closely related histone H1 genes, each of which encodes a different H1 protein. The four common regulatory elements previously identified in H1 histone promoters are very similar in sequence and location in all chicken H1 genes, which gives rise to the question of how the six H1 variants are expressed at significantly different levels. Transient transfections of reporter gene transcriptional fusions indicate that approximately 200 bp of each promoter is sufficient to generate the observed spectrum of H1 promoter activity. The differences in H1 promoter-driven expression are shown to be explained by the relative activity of the previously characterized G box region and that of a novel element found between CCAAT and TATA that we have termed differential upstream sequence (Dus). Gel shift analysis indicated that the primary nuclear binding protein to the G box is one or more avian homologues of the Sp1 transcription factor. The Dus region binds multiple nuclear proteins, one of which is the recently described IBR/IBF factor. The differential affinities of the G box and Dus sequences of the H1 promoters for their respective nuclear binding factors correlate well with their relative promoter activities.
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- H M Lin
- Department of Microbiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824, USA
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Khochbin S, Wolffe AP. Developmentally regulated expression of linker-histone variants in vertebrates. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1994; 225:501-10. [PMID: 7957165 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1994.00501.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The identification of histone H1 variants in vertebrates suggests that these proteins may have specialized functions. During embryonic development, a correspondence between the expression of each of the linker-histone variants and the proliferative and transcriptional activity of embryonic cells can be observed. Analysis of the developmentally regulated expression of these variants leads to the subdivision of these variants into distinct classes. This subdivision may also provide insight into the significance of the differential expression of variants and the roles individual linker histones have in chromatin structure and function.
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- S Khochbin
- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire du Cycle Cellulaire, INSERM U309, CEA/DBMS/CEN-G, Grenoble, France
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Khochbin S, Wolffe AP. Developmental regulation and butyrate-inducible transcription of the Xenopus histone H1(0) promoter. Gene X 1993; 128:173-80. [PMID: 8514185 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(93)90560-p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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We have isolated genomic clones of the Xenopus laevis histone H1(0) promoter and identified regulatory elements mediating the transcriptional regulation of the H1(0) gene. Expression of H1(0) is associated with the terminal differentiation of many cell types. During X. laevis development, H1(0) mRNA is present in the oocyte and egg, but remains at low levels during embryogenesis until hatching. After this time, mRNA levels accumulate dramatically correlating with the differentiation of many tissue types, e.g., liver and skin. Accumulation of H1(0) mRNA can be induced at earlier development stages by treating embryos with butyrate. The enhanced transcription of H1(0) in adult somatic cells, as well as the butyrate inducibility of the gene, have been investigated using transfection of adult X. laevis A6 somatic cells. We have defined specific protein-nucleic acid interactions with three cis-acting elements. Two previously defined gene regulatory elements: the H1 box, normally involved in the regulation of the H1 gene, and the H4TF2 site, normally involved in the regulation of the H4 gene, appear to have novel roles in determining differentiation-specific H1(0) expression. These two elements act together with a new distal cis-acting element in order to sustain high levels of basal transcription and to potentiate transcription following butyrate treatment.
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- S Khochbin
- Laboratory of Molecular Embryology, National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892
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A variant octamer motif in a Xenopus H2B histone gene promoter is not required for transcription in frog oocytes. Mol Cell Biol 1991. [PMID: 1990276 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.11.2.641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Xenopus oocytes, arrested in G2 before the first meiotic division, accumulate histone mRNA and protein in the absence of chromosomal DNA replication and therefore represent an attractive biological system in which to examine histone gene expression uncoupled from the cell cycle. Previous studies have shown that sequences necessary for maximal levels of transcription in oocytes are present within 200 bp at the 5' end of the transcription initiation site for genes encoding each of the five major Xenopus histone classes. We have defined by site-directed mutagenesis individual regulatory sequences and characterized DNA-binding proteins required for histone H2B gene transcription in injected oocytes. The Xenopus H2B gene has a relatively simple promoter containing several transcriptional regulatory elements, including TFIID, CBP, and ATF/CREB binding sites, required for maximal transcription. A sequence (CTTTACAT) in the H2B promoter resembling the conserved octamer motif (ATTTGCAT), the target for cell-cycle regulation of a human H2B gene, is not required for transcription in oocytes. Nonetheless, substitution of a consensus octamer motif for the variant octamer element activates H2B transcription. Oocyte factors, presumably including the ubiquitous Oct-1 factor, specifically bind to the consensus octamer motif but not to the variant sequence. Our results demonstrate that a transcriptional regulatory element involved in lymphoid-specific expression of immunoglobulin genes and in S-phase-specific activation of mammalian H2B histone genes can activate transcription in nondividing amphibian oocytes.
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A variant octamer motif in a Xenopus H2B histone gene promoter is not required for transcription in frog oocytes. Mol Cell Biol 1991; 11:641-54. [PMID: 1990276 PMCID: PMC359715 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.11.2.641-654.1991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Xenopus oocytes, arrested in G2 before the first meiotic division, accumulate histone mRNA and protein in the absence of chromosomal DNA replication and therefore represent an attractive biological system in which to examine histone gene expression uncoupled from the cell cycle. Previous studies have shown that sequences necessary for maximal levels of transcription in oocytes are present within 200 bp at the 5' end of the transcription initiation site for genes encoding each of the five major Xenopus histone classes. We have defined by site-directed mutagenesis individual regulatory sequences and characterized DNA-binding proteins required for histone H2B gene transcription in injected oocytes. The Xenopus H2B gene has a relatively simple promoter containing several transcriptional regulatory elements, including TFIID, CBP, and ATF/CREB binding sites, required for maximal transcription. A sequence (CTTTACAT) in the H2B promoter resembling the conserved octamer motif (ATTTGCAT), the target for cell-cycle regulation of a human H2B gene, is not required for transcription in oocytes. Nonetheless, substitution of a consensus octamer motif for the variant octamer element activates H2B transcription. Oocyte factors, presumably including the ubiquitous Oct-1 factor, specifically bind to the consensus octamer motif but not to the variant sequence. Our results demonstrate that a transcriptional regulatory element involved in lymphoid-specific expression of immunoglobulin genes and in S-phase-specific activation of mammalian H2B histone genes can activate transcription in nondividing amphibian oocytes.
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Sanicola M, Ward S, Childs G, Emmons SW. Identification of a Caenorhabditis elegans histone H1 gene family. Characterization of a family member containing an intron and encoding a poly(A)+ mRNA. J Mol Biol 1990; 212:259-68. [PMID: 1969492 DOI: 10.1016/0022-2836(90)90123-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The isolation and properties of a gene encoding a histone H1 protein of Caenorhabditis elegans, his-24, are described. The predicted protein sequence is similar to histone H1 proteins of other eukaryotes. However, the gene structure of his-24 is atypical for a histone H1 gene; it contains an intron and encodes a polyadenylated mRNA. A family of approximately five histone H1 genes is defined by cross-hybridization to his-24. All appear to encode polyadenylated mRNAs. One gene is expressed specifically in male germ cells. These histone H1 genes are dispersed individually in the genome, apart from the previously described clusters of core histone genes (H2A, H2B, H3 and H4), which probably all encode non-polyadenylated mRNAs. This histone gene organization, with clustered core histone genes, encoding non-polyadenylated transcripts, and dispersed, histone H1 genes from which it appears only polyadenylated messages arise, suggests that C. elegans is at a stage of evolution of the histone gene family intermediate between lower eukaryotes (e.g. yeast) and the most advanced forms.
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- M Sanicola
- Department of Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461
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Characterization and purification of H1TF2, a novel CCAAT-binding protein that interacts with a histone H1 subtype-specific consensus element. Mol Cell Biol 1989. [PMID: 2725515 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.9.4.1566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Definition of mechanisms regulating human histone H1 gene transcription during the cell cycle requires the isolation and biochemical characterization of protein factors which interact with specific promoter elements. Two distinct binding activities have been identified in nuclear extracts from HeLa cells and mapped within a 180-base-pair (bp) region of a cell cycle-regulated H1 gene promoter. H1TF1 bound to an H1-specific A + C-rich sequence (AC box), 100 bp upstream of the cap site; H1TF2 interacted with the H1 subtype-specific consensus element and was dependent on the presence of an intact CCAAT box for binding. H1TF2 was purified through a combination of ion-exchange and oligonucleotide affinity chromatographies. Analysis of purified fractions by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and UV crosslinking showed that H1TF2 was a single polypeptide of 47 kilodaltons. This factor was distinct from previously characterized CCAAT-binding proteins in both molecular size and binding properties. Fractions containing H1TF2 activity activated transcription in vitro only if programmed with an H1 DNA template carrying an intact H1TF2-binding site.
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Gallinari P, La Bella F, Heintz N. Characterization and purification of H1TF2, a novel CCAAT-binding protein that interacts with a histone H1 subtype-specific consensus element. Mol Cell Biol 1989; 9:1566-75. [PMID: 2725515 PMCID: PMC362573 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.9.4.1566-1575.1989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Definition of mechanisms regulating human histone H1 gene transcription during the cell cycle requires the isolation and biochemical characterization of protein factors which interact with specific promoter elements. Two distinct binding activities have been identified in nuclear extracts from HeLa cells and mapped within a 180-base-pair (bp) region of a cell cycle-regulated H1 gene promoter. H1TF1 bound to an H1-specific A + C-rich sequence (AC box), 100 bp upstream of the cap site; H1TF2 interacted with the H1 subtype-specific consensus element and was dependent on the presence of an intact CCAAT box for binding. H1TF2 was purified through a combination of ion-exchange and oligonucleotide affinity chromatographies. Analysis of purified fractions by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and UV crosslinking showed that H1TF2 was a single polypeptide of 47 kilodaltons. This factor was distinct from previously characterized CCAAT-binding proteins in both molecular size and binding properties. Fractions containing H1TF2 activity activated transcription in vitro only if programmed with an H1 DNA template carrying an intact H1TF2-binding site.
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- P Gallinari
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021
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Promoter sequences required for transcription of Xenopus laevis histone genes in injected frog oocyte nuclei. Mol Cell Biol 1989. [PMID: 3221862 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.8.9.3676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Amphibian oogenesis is accompanied by the accumulation of histone mRNA and proteins in the absence of ongoing DNA replication. To begin an analysis of the mechanisms by which histone gene expression is regulated during frog oogenesis and embryogenesis, we used oocyte injection to examine the upstream sequences required for transcription of genes encoding each of the five histone classes. We found that sequences necessary for maximal levels of transcription are located 100 to 200 base pairs upstream of the corresponding start sites. In this region, each promoter examined contains conserved sequence elements, several of which seem to be histone gene class specific, in addition to other, more common sequence elements believed to be used by general transcription factors.
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Sturm RA, Dalton S, Wells JR. Conservation of histone H2A/H2B intergene regions: a role for the H2B specific element in divergent transcription. Nucleic Acids Res 1988; 16:8571-86. [PMID: 3267232 PMCID: PMC338577 DOI: 10.1093/nar/16.17.8571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The organization and function of potential regulatory elements associated with the promoters of chicken H2A and H2B genes pairs have been examined. The intergene regions of six dispersed and divergently-transcribed H2A/H2B gene pairs contain several extremely well conserved and spaced blocks of sequence homology. Adjacent coding regions are on average 342 base-pairs apart. Respective TATA boxes are separated by 180 base-pairs and within this confined region there are four CCAAT boxes and a previously identified 13 base-pair H2B-specific element (H2B-box) which has homology to the octamer motif present in a number of gene promoter/enhancer elements. Transcription of H2A and H2B genes from wild-type and mutant constructs was measured in transient assays by transfection into HeLa cells, and in permanently transformed clonal cell lines. In vitro separation of the two genes at a unique intergenic site significantly decreased transcription of each gene. This suggested that the H2A/H2B gene pairs contained overlapping promoters. Deletion or point mutagenesis of the H2B-specific element decreased the levels of H2B and the H2A transcripts indicating that this sequence is a common regulatory element of both genes in the divergent-pair configeration.
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- R A Sturm
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Adelaide, South Australia
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Heindl LM, Weil TS, Perry M. Promoter sequences required for transcription of Xenopus laevis histone genes in injected frog oocyte nuclei. Mol Cell Biol 1988; 8:3676-82. [PMID: 3221862 PMCID: PMC365423 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.8.9.3676-3682.1988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Amphibian oogenesis is accompanied by the accumulation of histone mRNA and proteins in the absence of ongoing DNA replication. To begin an analysis of the mechanisms by which histone gene expression is regulated during frog oogenesis and embryogenesis, we used oocyte injection to examine the upstream sequences required for transcription of genes encoding each of the five histone classes. We found that sequences necessary for maximal levels of transcription are located 100 to 200 base pairs upstream of the corresponding start sites. In this region, each promoter examined contains conserved sequence elements, several of which seem to be histone gene class specific, in addition to other, more common sequence elements believed to be used by general transcription factors.
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- L M Heindl
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, Houston 77030
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Lieber T, Angerer LM, Angerer RC, Childs G. A histone H1 protein in sea urchins is encoded by a poly(A)+ mRNA. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1988; 85:4123-7. [PMID: 2898141 PMCID: PMC280378 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.85.12.4123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Typical histone genes lack intervening sequences and encode small mRNAs (400-800 nucleotides) with short leader and trailer regions. Most histone mRNAs are not polyadenylylated but rather terminate in a highly conserved stem and loop structure. The early, late, and testis-specific histone genes of sea urchins, described to date, have this typical histone gene structure. We have identified an unusual H1 gene, H1-delta, in sea urchins that encodes a poly(A)+ mRNA. This mRNA is one of a group of polyadenylylated transcripts homologous with H1 gene probes. The sequence of H1-delta had been determined. H1-delta encodes a different H1 protein. Although the temporal expression of H1-delta mRNA is similar to that of other late H1 (beta and gamma) mRNAs, its spatial distribution at the time of maximal accumulation is distinct and confirms that H1-delta is regulated differently than other H1 genes.
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- T Lieber
- Department of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461
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Lai ZC, Maxson R, Childs G. Both basal and ontogenic promoter elements affect the timing and level of expression of a sea urchin H1 gene during early embryogenesis. Genes Dev 1988; 2:173-83. [PMID: 3360321 DOI: 10.1101/gad.2.2.173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Late histone H1-beta mRNA accumulates with the correct ontogenic pattern following microinjection of the cloned gene into fertilized sea urchin eggs. Sequences upstream of the gene encoding the sea urchin H1-beta protein contain both basal and developmentally regulated elements. One late H1-specific activator sequence (USE IV) is required for the accumulation of mRNA following the blastula stage of development. All late H1 genes also contain a highly conserved GC-rich sequence resembling a low-affinity binding site for the mammalian transcription factor Sp1 that is required for basal expression of the H1-beta gene at all stages of embryogenesis. When this GC-rich sequence (GGGCTG) is converted to a perfect core Sp1 sequence (GGGCGG), the H1-beta transcripts accumulate to much greater levels and their peak accumulation is shifted to the early blastula stage rather than late blastula and gastrula stages of development. Coincidently, early H1 genes, whose peak expression is also at the early blastula stage, all contain the same core consensus sequence (GGGCGG). Thus, both gene-specific activator sequences, as well as sequences that resemble sites for general transcription factors, may play a major role in determining the temporal patterns of gene expression during early embryogenesis.
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- Z C Lai
- Department of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461
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Tönjes R, Doenecke D. A highly conserved sequence in H1 histone genes as an oligonucleotide hybridization probe: isolation and sequence of a duck H1 gene. J Mol Evol 1987; 25:361-70. [PMID: 2822942 DOI: 10.1007/bf02603121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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A 3.5-kb HindIII fragment of a histone gene cluster was isolated from a recombinant phage out of a duck genomic library. This DNA contains a duck H1 gene and its flanking sequences. The hybridization probe, which was used to screen for the H1 gene, had been designed on the basis of a comparative analysis of available H1 gene and protein data. Most H1 histones contain repeated motifs in their C-terminal domain, and these form part of an octapeptide (ser pro lys lys ala lys lys pro) that is highly conserved in many H1 histone proteins. A comparison of the duck H1 described here with two different published chicken H1 histone sequences reveals conservative amino acid exchanges at 22 (of 217 and 218, respectively) positions. The homology is maintained at the flanking sequences, and includes the putative H1 histone gene-specific signal structures and the established 3' stem and loop structures and the CAAGA box. The duck H1 gene and its flanking sequence have been found in identical arrangements in two recombinant bacteriophages, but minor sequence variations and genomic Southern blotting after HindIII digestion suggest that we have either isolated alleles of this genome segment or that the gene described may occur twice per haploid duck genome.
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- R Tönjes
- Physiologische Chemie I, Philipps-Universität, Marburg/Lahn, FRG
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Coles LS, Robins AJ, Madley LK, Wells JR. Characterization of the chicken histone H1 gene complement. Generation of a complete set of vertebrate H1 protein sequences. J Biol Chem 1987. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)47984-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Isolation, characterization, and expression of the gene encoding the late histone subtype H1-gamma of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. Mol Cell Biol 1987. [PMID: 3031476 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.7.1.478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We cloned and characterized the gene encoding H1-gamma, a late histone subtype of the sea urchin species Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. The predicted primary sequence of H1-gamma is 216 amino acids in length and has a net charge of +70, which is high for a somatic H1 histone. The H1-gamma gene appears to be a unique sequence gene that is not tightly linked to the core histone genes. The 770-base-pair transcribed region of the H1-gamma gene is bordered on the 5' side by two previously described H1-specific sequence elements and on the 3' side by a hairpin loop structure and CAGA box sequences. We detected 3,900 stored maternal H1-gamma mRNA transcripts per egg. The number of H1-gamma transcripts per embryo rises by 9.5 h postfertilization, but the maximum rate of accumulation (4,300 molecules per min per embryo) occurs in the late-blastula-stage embryo between 14 and 21 h after fertilization. The number of H1-gamma mRNA molecules peaks 21 h after fertilization when there are 2.0 X 10(6) molecules per embryo (a 500-fold increase) and then decreases over the next 3.25 h to 1.3 million molecules per embryo. Between 24 and 82 h after fertilization the number of H1-gamma transcripts declines steadily (210 molecules per min per embryo) to reach approximately 5.4 X 10(5) H1-gamma mRNAs by 82 h postfertilization. Surprisingly, the number of late H1 mRNA molecules per embryo is greater than the number of late H2B mRNA molecules beginning at the early gastrula stage of development.
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Knowles JA, Lai ZC, Childs GJ. Isolation, characterization, and expression of the gene encoding the late histone subtype H1-gamma of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. Mol Cell Biol 1987; 7:478-85. [PMID: 3031476 PMCID: PMC365091 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.7.1.478-485.1987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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We cloned and characterized the gene encoding H1-gamma, a late histone subtype of the sea urchin species Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. The predicted primary sequence of H1-gamma is 216 amino acids in length and has a net charge of +70, which is high for a somatic H1 histone. The H1-gamma gene appears to be a unique sequence gene that is not tightly linked to the core histone genes. The 770-base-pair transcribed region of the H1-gamma gene is bordered on the 5' side by two previously described H1-specific sequence elements and on the 3' side by a hairpin loop structure and CAGA box sequences. We detected 3,900 stored maternal H1-gamma mRNA transcripts per egg. The number of H1-gamma transcripts per embryo rises by 9.5 h postfertilization, but the maximum rate of accumulation (4,300 molecules per min per embryo) occurs in the late-blastula-stage embryo between 14 and 21 h after fertilization. The number of H1-gamma mRNA molecules peaks 21 h after fertilization when there are 2.0 X 10(6) molecules per embryo (a 500-fold increase) and then decreases over the next 3.25 h to 1.3 million molecules per embryo. Between 24 and 82 h after fertilization the number of H1-gamma transcripts declines steadily (210 molecules per min per embryo) to reach approximately 5.4 X 10(5) H1-gamma mRNAs by 82 h postfertilization. Surprisingly, the number of late H1 mRNA molecules per embryo is greater than the number of late H2B mRNA molecules beginning at the early gastrula stage of development.
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Structure of the gene for mouse thymidylate synthase. Locations of introns and multiple transcriptional start sites. J Biol Chem 1986. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)66666-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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