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. 1979 Sep;187(3):195-209.
doi: 10.1007/BF00848616.

RNA transcription of isolated nuclei and chromatin with exogenous RNA polymerases during mitotic cycle and encystment ofPhysarum polycephalum

Cornelia Schicker  1 , Armin Hildebrandt  1 , Helmut W Sauer  2
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RNA transcription of isolated nuclei and chromatin with exogenous RNA polymerases during mitotic cycle and encystment ofPhysarum polycephalum

Cornelia Schicker et al. Wilehm Roux Arch Dev Biol. 1979 Sep.

Abstract

Nuclei have been isolated from plasmodia ofPhysarum. Chromatin has been prepared from these nuclei by lysing them gently with lysolecithin. Both nuclei and chromatin contain endogenous activities of RNA polymerases A and C but not of RNA polymerase B under the conditions specifiied. RNA synthesis of chromatin and nuclei can be stimulated by the addition of purified RNA polymerases. RNA polymerase B is significantly more active than A or the bacterial RNA polymerase fromEscherichia coli. Experiments with specific inhibitors indicate that this additional RNA transcription is due to initiation by exogenously supplied RNA polymerase B. Large RNA products (up to 30 S when analysed under denaturating conditions) are transcribed on chromatin.The template activity of nuclei or chromatin, measured using saturating amounts of added RNA polymerase B, correlates with the in vivo RNA synthesis in three well defined situations. It decreases during starvation when the plasmodium prepares for encystment and is very low during mitosis, however, it is very high during the S-phase of the mitotic cycle when the highest activity of poly(A) + RNA synthesis is detected.

Keywords: Chromatin; Isolated nuclei; Mitotic cycle; RNA polymerases; Transcription.

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