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Control of histone gene expression in Physarum polycephalum. I. Protein synthesis during the cell cycle. 1982

P N Schofield, and I O Walker

Synchronous cultures of Physarum polycephalum were pulsed with [3H]lysine hydrochloride in S and G2 phases of the cell cycle. Plasmodial extracts were separated into nuclear, ribosomal and acid-soluble post-ribosomal cytoplasmic fractions. Core histones could be detected by staining in the nuclear fractions of both S and G2 phases, but were not detected by staining in the cytoplasmic fractions. Newly synthesized histone was present in S-phase nuclei but not in S-phase cytoplasm. The specific activity of newly synthesized histone in G2-phase nuclei decreased by at least 95% compared to S phase and no newly synthesized histone was observed in G2-phase cytoplasmic fractions. Thus histone synthesis is restricted to S phase. There are no free pools of histone in the cytoplasm of Physarum in either S or G2 phases of the cell cycle.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007399 Interphase The interval between two successive CELL DIVISIONS during which the CHROMOSOMES are not individually distinguishable. It is composed of the G phases (G1 PHASE; G0 PHASE; G2 PHASE) and S PHASE (when DNA replication occurs). Interphases
D010804 Physarum A genus of protozoa, formerly also considered a fungus. Characteristics include the presence of violet to brown spores. Physarums
D002453 Cell Cycle The complex series of phenomena, occurring between the end of one CELL DIVISION and the end of the next, by which cellular material is duplicated and then divided between two daughter cells. The cell cycle includes INTERPHASE, which includes G0 PHASE; G1 PHASE; S PHASE; and G2 PHASE, and CELL DIVISION PHASE. Cell Division Cycle,Cell Cycles,Cell Division Cycles,Cycle, Cell,Cycle, Cell Division,Cycles, Cell,Cycles, Cell Division,Division Cycle, Cell,Division Cycles, Cell
D004591 Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis in which a polyacrylamide gel is used as the diffusion medium. Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis,SDS-PAGE,Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate-PAGE,Gel Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide,SDS PAGE,Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate PAGE,Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate-PAGEs
D005786 Gene Expression Regulation Any of the processes by which nuclear, cytoplasmic, or intercellular factors influence the differential control (induction or repression) of gene action at the level of transcription or translation. Gene Action Regulation,Regulation of Gene Expression,Expression Regulation, Gene,Regulation, Gene Action,Regulation, Gene Expression
D006657 Histones Small chromosomal proteins (approx 12-20 kD) possessing an open, unfolded structure and attached to the DNA in cell nuclei by ionic linkages. Classification into the various types (designated histone I, histone II, etc.) is based on the relative amounts of arginine and lysine in each. Histone,Histone H1,Histone H1(s),Histone H2a,Histone H2b,Histone H3,Histone H3.3,Histone H4,Histone H5,Histone H7

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