PMID: 11916260Mar 28, 2002Paper

Molecular analysis of the 5' region of human ribosomal transcription factor UBF

DNA Sequence : the Journal of DNA Sequencing and Mapping
S DührM M Valdivia

Abstract

Upstream binding factor, UBF, is a nucleolar autoantigen involved in the transcription of ribosomal DNA genes. Previously, human genomic clones served to demonstrate that an alternative pre-mRNA splicing of a single gene is used to form UBF1 and UBF2. Here, to complete characterizing the 5'end genomic organization of this nucleolar transcription factor, lambda clones containing the human UBF gene were isolated from a human placenta genomic library using a hamster UBF cDNA as a probe. An additional PCR product was isolated from HeLa genomic DNA to cover the first translated 60 nt of the gene containing the ATG initiation codon. We have also determined the transcription start site of the gene by primer extension analysis at nt 188 upstream from the start ATG codon. It served first, to identify an untranslated initial exon on the UBF gene covering the first 121 nt of human UBF cDNA, and also to establish the sequence of the proximal promoter. The human UBF promoter lacks a TATA and CAAT boxes but contains multiple binding sites for SP1, AP1, AP2, TFIID, NF-1 and a single site for NFAT-1. Consequently we have defined the first five exons of the human UBF gene covering 7.5kb. The complete gene now consists of 20 exons with interveni...Continue Reading

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