Small nucleolar RNA clusters in trypanosomatid Leptomonas collosoma. Genome organization, expression studies, and the potential role of sequences present upstream from the first repeated cluster. 2004

Xue-hai Liang, and Avivit Ochaion, and Yu-xin Xu, and Qing Liu, and Shulamit Michaeli
Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 52900, Israel.

Trypanosomatid small nucleolar RNA (snoRNA) genes are clustered in the genome. snoRNAs are transcribed polycistronically and processed into mature RNAs. In this study, we characterized four snoRNA clusters in Leptomonas collosoma. All of the clusters analyzed carry both C/D and H/ACA RNAs. The H/ACA RNAs are composed of a single hairpin, a structure typical to trypanosome and archaea guide RNAs. Using deletion and mutational analysis of a tagged C/D snoRNA situated within the snoRNA cluster, we identified 10-nucleotide flanking sequences that are essential for processing snoRNA from its precursor. Chromosome walk was performed on a snoRNA cluster, and a sequence of 700 bp was identified between the first repeat and the upstream open reading frame. Cloning of this sequence in an episome vector enhanced the expression of a tagged snoRNA gene in an orientation-dependent manner. However, continuous transcript spanning of this region was detected in steady-state RNA, suggesting that snoRNA transcription also originates from an upstream-long polycistronic transcriptional unit. The 700-bp fragment may therefore represent an example of many more elements to be discovered that enhance transcription along the chromosome, especially when transcription from the upstream gene is reduced or when enhanced transcription is needed.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008957 Models, Genetic Theoretical representations that simulate the behavior or activity of genetic processes or phenomena. They include the use of mathematical equations, computers, and other electronic equipment. Genetic Models,Genetic Model,Model, Genetic
D008969 Molecular Sequence Data Descriptions of specific amino acid, carbohydrate, or nucleotide sequences which have appeared in the published literature and/or are deposited in and maintained by databanks such as GENBANK, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), National Biomedical Research Foundation (NBRF), or other sequence repositories. Sequence Data, Molecular,Molecular Sequencing Data,Data, Molecular Sequence,Data, Molecular Sequencing,Sequencing Data, Molecular
D009690 Nucleic Acid Conformation The spatial arrangement of the atoms of a nucleic acid or polynucleotide that results in its characteristic 3-dimensional shape. DNA Conformation,RNA Conformation,Conformation, DNA,Conformation, Nucleic Acid,Conformation, RNA,Conformations, DNA,Conformations, Nucleic Acid,Conformations, RNA,DNA Conformations,Nucleic Acid Conformations,RNA Conformations
D009841 Oligonucleotides Polymers made up of a few (2-20) nucleotides. In molecular genetics, they refer to a short sequence synthesized to match a region where a mutation is known to occur, and then used as a probe (OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES). (Dorland, 28th ed) Oligonucleotide
D010957 Plasmids Extrachromosomal, usually CIRCULAR DNA molecules that are self-replicating and transferable from one organism to another. They are found in a variety of bacterial, archaeal, fungal, algal, and plant species. They are used in GENETIC ENGINEERING as CLONING VECTORS. Episomes,Episome,Plasmid
D002455 Cell Division The fission of a CELL. It includes CYTOKINESIS, when the CYTOPLASM of a cell is divided, and CELL NUCLEUS DIVISION. M Phase,Cell Division Phase,Cell Divisions,Division Phase, Cell,Division, Cell,Divisions, Cell,M Phases,Phase, Cell Division,Phase, M,Phases, M
D002874 Chromosome Mapping Any method used for determining the location of and relative distances between genes on a chromosome. Gene Mapping,Linkage Mapping,Genome Mapping,Chromosome Mappings,Gene Mappings,Genome Mappings,Linkage Mappings,Mapping, Chromosome,Mapping, Gene,Mapping, Genome,Mapping, Linkage,Mappings, Chromosome,Mappings, Gene,Mappings, Genome,Mappings, Linkage
D002875 Chromosomes In a prokaryotic cell or in the nucleus of a eukaryotic cell, a structure consisting of or containing DNA which carries the genetic information essential to the cell. (From Singleton & Sainsbury, Dictionary of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, 2d ed) Chromosome
D003001 Cloning, Molecular The insertion of recombinant DNA molecules from prokaryotic and/or eukaryotic sources into a replicating vehicle, such as a plasmid or virus vector, and the introduction of the resultant hybrid molecules into recipient cells without altering the viability of those cells. Molecular Cloning
D004252 DNA Mutational Analysis Biochemical identification of mutational changes in a nucleotide sequence. Mutational Analysis, DNA,Analysis, DNA Mutational,Analyses, DNA Mutational,DNA Mutational Analyses,Mutational Analyses, DNA

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