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Trypanosoma brucei: enrichment by UV of intergenic transcripts from the variable surface glycoprotein gene expression site.

par Coquelet, Hélène ;Tebabi, Patricia ;Pays Deschutter, Annette ;Steinert, Maurice ;Pays, Etienne
Référence Molecular and cellular biology, 9, 9, page (4022-4025)
Publication Publié, 1989-09

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The expression site for the variable surface glycoprotein (VSG) gene AnTat 1.3A of Trypanosoma brucei is 45 kilobases long and encompasses seven expression site-associated genes (ESAGs) (E. Pays, P. Tebabi, A. Pays, H. Coquelet, P. Revelard, D. Salmon, and M. Steinert, Cell 57:835-845, 1989). After UV irradiation, several large transcripts from the putative promoter region were strongly enriched. We report that one such major transcript starts near the poly(A) addition site of the first gene (ESAG 7), spans the intergenic region, and extends to the poly(A) addition site of the second gene (ESAG 6), thus bypassing the normal 3' splice site of the ESAG 6 mRNA. Since this transcript is spliced, we conclude that UV irradiation does not inhibit splicing but stabilizes unstable processing products. This demonstrates that at least some intergenic regions of the VSG gene expression site are continuously transcribed in accordance with a polycistronic transcription model.