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    Genomic structure and transcriptional regulation of Che-1, a novel partner of Rb

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    We recently identified and cloned a novel human gene, Che-1, whose product interacts with both RNA polymerase II and the retinoblastoma gene product (Rb). Furthermore, we found that Che-1 overexpression counteracts the growth inhibitory effects of Rb, regulating in such way both transcription and cell proliferation. In this paper, we describe the genomic organization of the mouse orthologous Che-1 gene and its promoter region. The promoter is TATA less and presents several potential transcription factor-binding motifs. Importantly, we showed that Che-1 expression is regulated by a negative feedback mechanism, in which this protein is present on its own promoter repressing transcription. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved

    Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis

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    The present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
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