Fetherston J, Werner E, Patterson R
Nucleic Acids Res. 1984 Sep 25;12(18):7187-98. doi: 10.1093/nar/12.18.7187.
The primary rRNA transcript contains a large external transcribed spacer (ETS) approximately 4,000 nucleotides in length. We have used subcloned DNA probes derived from the 5' end of the ETS in conjunction with Northern blot analysis of murine nuclear RNA to examine processing of this region. In agreement with the results of previous investigators, we find that the large rRNA precursor lacks part of the ETS region. These ETS sequences are also missing from subsequent rRNA processing intermediates. Experiments using actinomycin D confirm that the excision of portion of the ETS is an early event in rRNA processing. In addition, in the presence of actinomycin D small RNA species accumulate which hybridize to a probe specific for the 5' end of the ETS. The length of these abbreviated transcripts defines a region of rDNA which is probably a target for this drug.
初级rRNA转录本包含一个长度约为4000个核苷酸的大的外部转录间隔区(ETS)。我们使用了源自ETS 5'端的亚克隆DNA探针,并结合对小鼠核RNA的Northern印迹分析来研究该区域的加工过程。与先前研究者的结果一致,我们发现大的rRNA前体缺少部分ETS区域。这些ETS序列在随后的rRNA加工中间体中也不存在。使用放线菌素D的实验证实,ETS部分的切除是rRNA加工中的早期事件。此外,在放线菌素D存在的情况下,会积累与ETS 5'端特异性探针杂交的小RNA种类。这些缩短转录本的长度定义了rDNA的一个区域,该区域可能是这种药物的作用靶点。