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Krüppel-associated box-mediated repression of RNA polymerase II promoters is influenced by the arrangement of basal promoter elements.
No full textRepression of transcriptional activity at a distance by the evolutionarily conserved KRAB domain present in a subfamily of zinc finger proteins.
No full textRepression of transcriptional activity at a distance by the evolutionarily conserved KRAB domain present in a subfamily of zinc finger proteins
No full textSub-families of related zinc finger protein genes have been defined on the basis of evolutionarily conserved structural features found outside the C2-H2 finger repeats. Such elements include the FAX domain found in a large number of Xenopus ZFPs, the evolutionarily conserved KRAB (Krüppel-associated box) and the ZiN (zinc finger N-terminal) domains. Here we describe a new evolutionarily conserved motif within zinc finger proteins which we have named the leucine rich region (LeR). Since conserved modules in regulatory proteins may specify properties relevant to their action we have determined the functional capabilities of LeR and the KRAB domains in the regulation of gene transcription by fusing relevant regions to a heterologous DNA-binding domain (GAL4 DNA-binding domain). We found that the KRAB-A domain tethered to RNA polymerase II promoters by a GAL4 DNA-binding domain actively represses transcription in a distance-independent manner. KRAB-mediated repression is dependent on the dose of the GAL4-KRAB-A fusion protein and on the presence of GAL4 binding sites on the DNA. Conversely, the LeR domain did not modulate significantly the transcription. Our results indicate that the KRAB domain present in the non-finger region of many ZFP genes quenches transcription possibly due to specific protein-protein interactions between the KRAB-A domain and components of the proximal transcriptional apparatus
The ZNF35 human zinc finger gene encodes a sequence-specific DNA-binding protein.
No full textAbstractWe developed a rapid method to determine DNA-binding sites for putative DNA-binding proteins. This procedure has been successfully used to define a specific consensus site for the human ZNF35 zinc finger gene. ZNF35 encodes a 58-kDA polypeptide containing 11 consecutive finger motifs located at the amino terminus, and an acidic domain located at the carboxy terminus. These features suggest that ZNF35 is a site-specific DNA-binding protein involved in the regulation of gene expression. We have expressed the ZNF35 protein from E. coli and have employed a Southwestem-polymerase chain reaction method using random oligonucleotides to identify its high-affinity binding site. The core sequence for the ZNF35 protein-binding site is 5'-C/GC/GAAG/TA-3'
Identification and characterization of novel human endogenous retroviral sequences prefentially expressed in undifferentiated embryonal carcinoma cells.
No full textGoing Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe 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
Identification and characterization of novel human endogenous retroviral sequences preferentially expressed in undifferentiated carcinoma cells
No full textTranscriptional silencing of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 long terminal repeat-driven gene expression by the Kruppel-associated box repressor domain targeted to the transactivating response element
No full textThe evolutionarily conserved protein domain, called the Kruppel- associated box (KRAB), present in the amino termini of a large number of Kruppel-type zinc finger proteins is a strong repressor domain. In order to develop novel strategies to control human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV- 1) gene expression, we constructed a series of expression vectors expressing the wild-type Tat or Tat transdominant negative mutants fused to the KRAB repressor domain. We found that the KRAB domain tethered to the transactivating response element is able to suppress both basal and Tat- mediated activity of HIV-1 lung terminal repeat-driven gene expression. These results suggest that the KRAB repressor domain fused to the Tat transdominant negative mutants can be successfully employed to control HIV-1 gene expression
Transcriptional silencing of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 long terminal repeat-driven gene expression by the Krüppel-associated box repressor domain targeted to the transactivating response element.
No full textThe evolutionarily conserved protein domain, called the Krüppel-associated box (KRAB), present in the amino termini of a large number of Krüppel-type zinc finger proteins is a strong repressor domain. In order to develop novel strategies to control human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) gene expression, we constructed a series of expression vectors expressing the wild-type Tat or Tat transdominant negative mutants fused to the KRAB repressor domain. We found that the KRAB domain tethered to the transactivating response element is able to suppress both basal and Tat-mediated activity of HIV-1 long terminal repeat-driven gene expression. These results suggest that the KRAB repressor domain fused to the Tat transdominant negative mutants can be successfully employed to control HIV-1 gene expression
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