Abstract
Histone proteins are essential components of eukaryotic chromosomes. The expression of histone genes is cell cycle controlled and coupled to DNA replication, to ensure the packaging of replicated DNA into chromatin. The post-transcriptional control of histone gene expression is a key element in this coupling to DNA replication. It involves mRNA 30 end formation by histone-specific nuclear RNA processing, which produces mRNAs lacking a poly(A) tail, translation and mRNA stability control. This requires several histone-specific trans-acting factors and was thought to be a special case. Here we review recent observations that now reveal that many of the factors involved are shared with processing, translation and degradation of poly(A) mRNA.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 721-725 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Molecular BioSystems |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| Early online date | 17 Apr 2008 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 |
Keywords
- Animals
- Caenorhabditis elegans
- Cell Nucleus
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Histones
- Models, Biological
- Poly A
- RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional
- RNA Stability
- RNA, Messenger