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Amplification of plant U3 and U6 snRNA gene sequences using primers specific for an upstream promoter element and conserved intragenic regions.
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Amplification of plant U3 and U6 snRNA gene sequences using primers specific for an upstream promoter element and conserved intragenic regions.

  • 1990-06-25
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  • Nucleic acids research. - 1990
Base Sequence
Gene Expression Regulation
Genes, Plant
Introns
Molecular Sequence Data
Nucleic Acid Conformation
Plants
Plants, Toxic
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Promoter Regions, Genetic
RNA, Small Nuclear
Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
Templates, Genetic
Tobacco
English U-snRNA genes in higher plants contain two essential promoter elements, the USE with sequence RTCCCACATCG and the TATA-like box, positioned in the -70 and -30 regions, respectively. Using an oligodeoxynucleotide containing the USE motif and oligodeoxynucleotides specific for the intragenic regions conserved in U-snRNAs, several sequences encoding U6 and U3 snRNAs were determined by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of Arabidopsis thaliana and tobacco genomic DNAs. This method provides a simple and rapid procedure for characterisation of plant U-snRNA genes and their promoters. It could also be used for the characterisation of other genes containing conserved upstream promoter elements. PCR-derived fragments were used as probes for the isolation of the U3 snRNA genes from a genomic library of Arabidopsis. Two isolated U3 genes were shown to be active when transfected into protoplasts of Nicotiana plumbaginifolia. Both U3 genes contain the USE and TATA-like upstream elements located in similar positions to the U6 genes of Arabidopsis. The encoded Arabidopsis U3 snRNAs can be folded into a secondary structure which is more similar to that of U3 RNAs from lower eukaryotes rather than from metazoa.
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