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Bidirectional promoters generate pervasive transcription in yeast

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  • Zhenyu Xu

    (European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany)

  • Wu Wei

    (European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany)

  • Julien Gagneur

    (European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany)

  • Fabiana Perocchi

    (European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany)

  • Sandra Clauder-Münster

    (European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany)

  • Jurgi Camblong

    (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK)

  • Elisa Guffanti

    (Sciences III, University of Geneva, 30 Quai E. Ansermet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland)

  • Françoise Stutz

    (Sciences III, University of Geneva, 30 Quai E. Ansermet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland)

  • Wolfgang Huber

    (European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute)

  • Lars M. Steinmetz

    (European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany)

Abstract

Small RNAs make the CUT Two papers in this issue reveal the prevalence of cryptic or hidden transcription in the yeast genome. Cryptic unstable transcripts (CUTs) are a major class of RNA polymerase II transcripts in budding yeast and are degraded immediately after being synthesized. They had therefore escaped detection until recently. In the current papers, high-resolution genome analyses reveal that CUTs arise predominantly from promoter regions and in an antisense direction. There is therefore a widespread occurrence of inherently bidirectional promoters in yeast, which hints at a regulatory function for these non-coding transcripts.

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  • Zhenyu Xu & Wu Wei & Julien Gagneur & Fabiana Perocchi & Sandra Clauder-Münster & Jurgi Camblong & Elisa Guffanti & Françoise Stutz & Wolfgang Huber & Lars M. Steinmetz, 2009. "Bidirectional promoters generate pervasive transcription in yeast," Nature, Nature, vol. 457(7232), pages 1033-1037, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:457:y:2009:i:7232:d:10.1038_nature07728
    DOI: 10.1038/nature07728
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