αKG-driven RNA polymerase II transcription of cyclin D1 licenses malic enzyme 2 to promote cell-cycle progression

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Circular RNA circPLOD2 regulates pericyte function by targeting the transcription factor KLF4

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Modulation of protease expression by the transcription factor Ptx1/PITX regulates protein quality control during aging

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棉铃虫剂量补偿相关基因Hamsl1的鉴定与功能分析

【目的】棉铃虫Helicoverpa armigera的剂量补偿(dosage compensation, DC)分子机制尚不清楚。本研究旨在通过克隆棉铃虫雄性特异性致死(male specific lethal, msl) 基因Hamsl1,利用RNA干扰技术明确其是否参与调控棉铃虫剂量补偿。【方法】利用RT-PCR同源克隆棉铃虫Hamsl1基因全长cDNA; 利用qPCR技术研究Hamsl1基因在棉铃虫不同发育时期的表达谱;通过显微注射Hamsl1 siRNA到棉铃虫3龄幼虫中对Hamsl1基因进行RNA干扰后,利用qPCR技术检测15个Z染色体基因的表达情况,分析Hamsl1是否调控Z染色体基因剂量。【结果】成功克隆了棉铃虫Hamsl1基因的cDNA序列,鉴定出Hamsl1基因mRNA存在2种剪接体,分别命名为Hamsl1a(GenBank登录号: MK564008)和Hamsl1b(GenBank登录号: MK564009)。功能域分析发现HaMSL1含有典型的PEHE和coiled-coil功能域,具有MSL1蛋白的特征。qPCR分析表明,Hamsl1基因位于棉铃虫Z染色体上;棉铃虫Hamsl1a与Hamsl1b基因表达均具有发育时期特异性,在成虫期表达量最高,且雌雄化蛹后基因表达量差异显著,具有性别特异性。通过同源比对和qPCR分析,在DNA水平鉴定了15个Z染色体候选基因。显微注射Hamsl1 siRNA于3龄幼虫体内72 h,干扰效率为36.01%~64.27%,并未发生雄性致死现象;与对照组相比,Hamsl1 RNAi处理组中棉铃虫15个Z染色体基因在雄性个体中整体呈现表达量上调趋势,而在雌性个体中平均表达水平差异不显著。【结论】本研究初步探明Hamsl1基因位于棉铃虫Z染色体上,且该基因可能通过抑制雄性棉铃虫Z染色体基因表达,调控棉铃虫Z染色体剂量补偿。本研究为深入研究棉铃虫剂量补偿分子机制和绿色防控棉铃虫提供了理论基础。     

PYHIN protein IFI207 regulates cytokine transcription and IRF7 and contributes to the establishment of K. pneumoniae infection

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MDC1 maintains active elongation complexes of RNA polymerase II

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Cyclin E/CDK2 and feedback from soluble histone protein regulate the S phase burst of histone biosynthesis

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Precisely timed regulation of enhancer activity defines the binary expression pattern of Fushi tarazu in the Drosophila embryo

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JIL-1 kinase, a member of the male-specific lethal (MSL) complex, is necessary for proper dosage compensation of eye pigmentation in Drosophila

The upregulation of the JIL-1 kinase on the male X chromosome and its association with the male-specific lethal (MSL) complex suggest that JIL-1 may play a role in regulating dosage compensation. To directly test this hypothesis we measured eye pigment levels of mutants in the X-linked white gene in an allelic series of JIL-1 hypomorphic mutants. We show that dosage compensation of w(a) alleles that normally do exhibit dosage compensation was severely impaired in the JIL-1 mutant backgrounds. As a control we also examined a hypomorphic white allele w(e) that fails to dosage compensate in males due to a pogo element insertion. In this case the relative pigment level measured in males as compared to females remained approximately the same even in the most severe JIL-1 hypomorphic background. These results indicate that proper dosage compensation of eye pigment levels in males controlled by X-linked white alleles requires normal JIL-1 function.     

TCAB1 prevents nucleolar accumulation of the telomerase RNA to facilitate telomerase assembly

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On the origin and evolution of RNA editing in metazoans

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A spatial map of antennal-expressed ionotropic receptors in the malaria mosquito

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