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. 1987 Aug 11;15(15):6243-59.
doi: 10.1093/nar/15.15.6243.

A transcriptional activator is located in the coding region of the yeast PGK gene

J Mellor, M J Dobson, A J Kingsman, S M Kingsman
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A transcriptional activator is located in the coding region of the yeast PGK gene

J Mellor et al. Nucleic Acids Res. .
Free PMC article

Abstract

Expression of heterologous genes from the PGK promoter on high copy number plasmids in yeast is relatively poor compared to the intact PGK gene because of low steady-state RNA levels. In this paper we show that low levels of heterologous RNA are not due to instability of mRNA but result from inefficient transcription due to a defect in RNA synthesis. A comparison of RNA levels from homologous and heterologous transcription units allowed the identification of a positive activator for transcription within the PGK coding region which is required for efficient expression of the PGK gene. Deletion of this region, the "downstream activator sequence", causes a six to ten fold reduction in transcriptional efficiency from the PGK 5' noncoding region.

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