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Science 23 September 1988:
Vol. 241. no. 4873, pp. 1626 - 1632
DOI: 10.1126/science.3420414
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Science, Vol 241, Issue 4873, 1626-1632
Copyright © 1988 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Developmental regulation of two 5S ribosomal RNA genes

AP Wolffe and DD Brown

Department of Embryology, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Baltimore, MD 21210.

The developmental regulation of two kinds of Xenopus 5S RNA genes (oocyte and somatic types) can be explained by differences in the stability of protein-protein and protein-DNA interactions in a transcription complex that directs transcription initiation by RNA polymerase III. Dissociation of transcription factors from oocyte 5S RNA genes during development allows them to be repressed by chromatin assembly. In the same cells, somatic 5S RNA genes remain active because their transcription complexes are stable.


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