title: Messenger RNA 3'-end formation of a DNA fragment from the human c-myc 3'-end region in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
abstract: We have tested the functioning of the human c-myc polyadenylation signal in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. A DNA fragment containing the two AATAAA polyadenylation signals of the c-myc gene was inserted into a plasmid designed for the in-vivo testing of polyadenylation signals in yeast. The c-myc fragment had a partial capacity for directing mRNA 3'-end formation in yeast. The 3'-endpoints were 50-100 bp distant from the mRNA 3'-ends mapped in humans. This human DNA fragment is therefore unspecifically functional in yeast, indicating that other sequence elements than the human polyadenylation signal, AATAAA, are necessary for 3'-end formation.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Irniger
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Egli
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Braus
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D016259:Genes, myc; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011061:Poly A / Q000378:metabolism*; D016271:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc / Q000235:genetics*; D012323:RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional; D012331:RNA, Fungal / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D016271:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc; D012331:RNA, Fungal; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011061:Poly A