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Cryptic transcription mediates repression of subtelomeric metal homeostasis genes.
PLoS genetics - 1 Jun 2011
Toesca Isabelle, Nery Camille R, Fernandez Cesar F, Sayani Shakir, Chanfreau Guillaume F
Abstract excerpt
Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) prevents the accumulation of transcripts bearing premature termination codons. Here we show that Saccharomyces cerevisiae NMD mutants accumulate 5'-extended RNAs (CD-CUTs) of many subtelomeric genes. Using the subtelomeric ZRT1 and FIT3 genes activated in response to zinc and iron deficiency, respectively, we show that transcription of these CD-CUTs mediates repression at the...
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