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Evelyne Dubois
Other affiliations: University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Bio: Evelyne Dubois is an academic researcher from Université libre de Bruxelles. The author has contributed to research in topics: Gene & Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The author has an hindex of 39, co-authored 90 publications receiving 4596 citations. Previous affiliations of Evelyne Dubois include University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
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University of Manchester1, Leiden University2, University of Milan3, Curie Institute4, University of Paris5, University of Aberdeen6, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven7, Pasteur Institute8, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich9, Sapienza University of Rome10, Norwich Research Park11, Université catholique de Louvain12, Université libre de Bruxelles13, University of Amsterdam14, École Normale Supérieure15, Centre national de la recherche scientifique16, Kobe University17, Trinity College, Dublin18, VU University Amsterdam19, Rutgers University20, University of Konstanz21
TL;DR: The entire DNA sequence of chromosome III of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been determined, which is the first complete sequence analysis of an entire chromosome from any organism.
Abstract: The entire DNA sequence of chromosome III of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been determined. This is the first complete sequence analysis of an entire chromosome from any organism. The 315-kilobase sequence reveals 182 open reading frames for proteins longer than 100 amino acids, of which 37 correspond to known genes and 29 more show some similarity to sequences in databases. Of 55 new open reading frames analysed by gene disruption, three are essential genes; of 42 non-essential genes that were tested, 14 show some discernible effect on phenotype and the remaining 28 have no overt function.
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TL;DR: This review is aimed at analyzing how MADS box proteins combine with a variety of cofactors to achieve functional diversity.
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TL;DR: Analyses of UME6 mRNA during both nitrogen starvation and meiotic development indicate that its transcription is constitutive, suggesting that regulation of Ume6 activity occurs at a post-transcriptional level.
Abstract: This report describes the identification, cloning, and molecular analysis of UME6 (CAR80/CARGRI), a key transcriptional regulator of early meiotic gene expression. Loss of UME6 function results in the accumulation of fully derepressed levels (70- to 100-fold increase above basal level) of early meiotic transcripts during vegetative growth. In contrast, mutations in five previously identified UME loci (UME1 to UME5), result in low to moderate derepression (2- to 10-fold increase) of early meiotic genes. The behavior of insertion and deletion alleles indicates that UME6 is dispensable for mitotic division but is required for meiosis and spore germination. Despite the high level of meiotic gene expression during vegetative growth, the generation times of ume6 mutant haploid and diploid cells are only slightly reduced. However, both ascus formation and spore viability are affected more severely. The UME6 gene encodes a 91-kD protein that contains a C6 zinc cluster motif similar to the DNA-binding domain of GAL4. The integrity of this domain is required for UME6 function. It has been reported recently that a mutation in CAR80 fails to complement an insertion allele of UME6. CAR80 is a gene required for nitrogen repression of the arginine catabolic enzymes. Here, through sequence analysis, we demonstrate that UME6 and CAR80 are identical. Analyses of UME6 mRNA during both nitrogen starvation and meiotic development indicate that its transcription is constitutive, suggesting that regulation of UME6 activity occurs at a post-transcriptional level.
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TL;DR: In a mutant with thermosensitive glutamine synthetase (glnts)grown on ammonia at 29°C, repression is lost for the high affinity component only, which indicates that glutamine is a necessary effector for the repression of only one of the components of the methylamine/ammonia transport mechanisms.
Abstract: Three lines of evidence show that the uptake of methylamine/ammonia in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is mediated by at least two functionally distinct mechanisms.
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Lineweaver-Burk plots for methylamine uptake show an abrupt transition between apparently linear sections, and both functions are inhibited competitively by ammonia.
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These functions can be lost separately as a result of the two genetically unlinked mutations mep-1 and mep-2. Double (mep-1, mep-2) mutants grow very slowly in medium containing low concentrations of ammonia as sole nitrogen source, while both single mutants are little affected. Resistance to methylamine is linked to the mep-1 mutation which abolishes the high capacity metylamine uptake function.
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both components of methylamine/ammonia uptake are subject to nitrogen catabolite repression. This control is relieved in a gdhCR mutant as well as in a gdhA−mutant. In a mutant with thermosensitive glutamine synthetase (glnts)grown on ammonia at 29°C, repression is lost for the high affinity component only, which indicates that glutamine is a necessary effector for the repression of only one of the components of the methylamine/ammonia transport mechanisms. This differential effect of the glntsmutation further supports the existence of the functionally distinct transport mechanisms.
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TL;DR: The results show that diphosphoinositol polyphosphate synthase activity is essential for biogenesis of the yeast vacuole and the cell's responses to certain environmental stresses.
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TL;DR: The results of an international collaboration to produce and make freely available a draft sequence of the human genome are reported and an initial analysis is presented, describing some of the insights that can be gleaned from the sequence.
Abstract: The human genome holds an extraordinary trove of information about human development, physiology, medicine and evolution. Here we report the results of an international collaboration to produce and make freely available a draft sequence of the human genome. We also present an initial analysis of the data, describing some of the insights that can be gleaned from the sequence.
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Université catholique de Louvain1, McGill University2, Stanford University3, Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University4, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich5, Centre national de la recherche scientifique6, École Normale Supérieure7, Washington University in St. Louis8, John Radcliffe Hospital9, Max Planck Society10, University of Basel11, University of Manchester12
TL;DR: The genome of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been completely sequenced through a worldwide collaboration and provides information about the higher order organization of yeast's 16 chromosomes and allows some insight into their evolutionary history.
Abstract: The genome of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been completely sequenced through a worldwide collaboration. The sequence of 12,068 kilobases defines 5885 potential protein-encoding genes, approximately 140 genes specifying ribosomal RNA, 40 genes for small nuclear RNA molecules, and 275 transfer RNA genes. In addition, the complete sequence provides information about the higher order organization of yeast's 16 chromosomes and allows some insight into their evolutionary history. The genome shows a considerable amount of apparent genetic redundancy, and one of the major problems to be tackled during the next stage of the yeast genome project is to elucidate the biological functions of all of these genes.
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TL;DR: A set of yeast strains based on Saccharomyces cerevisiae S288C in which commonly used selectable marker genes are deleted by design based on the yeast genome sequence has been constructed and analysed and will reduce plasmid integration events which can interfere with a wide variety of molecular genetic applications.
Abstract: A set of yeast strains based on Saccharomyces cerevisiae S288C in which commonly used selectable marker genes are deleted by design based on the yeast genome sequence has been constructed and analysed. These strains minimize or eliminate the homology to the corresponding marker genes in commonly used vectors without significantly affecting adjacent gene expression. Because the homology between commonly used auxotrophic marker gene segments and genomic sequences has been largely or completely abolished, these strains will also reduce plasmid integration events which can interfere with a wide variety of molecular genetic applications. We also report the construction of new members of the pRS400 series of vectors, containing the kanMX, ADE2 and MET15 genes.
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TL;DR: In the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), secretory and transmembrane proteins fold into their native conformation and undergo posttranslational modifications important for their activity and structure as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: In the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), secretory and transmembrane proteins fold into their native conformation and undergo posttranslational modifications important for their activity and structure. When protein folding in the ER is inhibited, signal transduction pathways, which increase the biosynthetic capacity and decrease the biosynthetic burden of the ER to maintain the homeostasis of this organelle, are activated. These pathways are called the unfolded protein response (UPR). In this review, we briefly summarize principles of protein folding and molecular chaperone function important for a mechanistic understanding of UPR-signaling events. We then discuss mechanisms of signal transduction employed by the UPR in mammals and our current understanding of the remodeling of cellular processes by the UPR. Finally, we summarize data that demonstrate that UPR signaling feeds into decision making in other processes previously thought to be unrelated to ER function, e.g., eukaryotic starvation responses and differentiation programs.
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TL;DR: A dominant resistance module, for selection of S. cerevisiae transformants, which entirely consists of heterologous DNA is constructed and tested, and some kanMX modules are flanked by 470 bp direct repeats, promoting in vivo excision with frequencies of 10–3–10–4.
Abstract: We have constructed and tested a dominant resistance module, for selection of S. cerevisiae transformants, which entirely consists of heterologous DNA. This kanMX module contains the known kanr open reading-frame of the E. coli transposon Tn903 fused to transcriptional and translational control sequences of the TEF gene of the filamentous fungus Ashbya gossypii. This hybrid module permits efficient selection of transformants resistant against geneticin (G418). We also constructed a lacZMT reporter module in which the open reading-frame of the E. coli lacZ gene (lacking the first 9 codons) is fused at its 3' end to the S. cerevisiae ADH1 terminator. KanMX and the lacZMT module, or both modules together, were cloned in the center of a new multiple cloning sequence comprising 18 unique restriction sites flanked by Not I sites. Using the double module for constructions of in-frame substitutions of genes, only one transformation experiment is necessary to test the activity of the promotor and to search for phenotypes due to inactivation of this gene. To allow for repeated use of the G418 selection some kanMX modules are flanked by 470 bp direct repeats, promoting in vivo excision with frequencies of 10(-3)-10(-4). The 1.4 kb kanMX module was also shown to be very useful for PCR based gene disruptions. In an experiment in which a gene disruption was done with DNA molecules carrying PCR-added terminal sequences of only 35 bases homology to each target site, all twelve tested geneticin-resistant colonies carried the correctly integrated kanMX module.
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