Pushing back the expansion of introns in animal genomes
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A survey of the position of introns in 30 genes of a marine annelid showed that over 60% of the introns occupy positions identical to those in human homologs, and in contrast, both human and marine annelid genes share only 30% of their introns with other invertebrates. These observations suggest that the common ancestor of most animal phyla had intron-rich genes and reinforce the notion that introns proliferated early in the evolutionary history of eukaryotes.
Publication Name: Cell
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0092-8674
Year: 2005
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UV-induced ubiquitylation of XPC protein mediated by UV-DDB-ubiquitin ligase complex
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Xeroderma pigmentosum group C (XPC) undergoes reversible ubiquitylation upon UV irradiation of cells and that this depends on the presence of functional UV-DBB activity. The results show that ubiquitylation plays a critical role in the transfer of the UV-induced lesion from UV-DDB to XPC.
Publication Name: Cell
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0092-8674
Year: 2005
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An unexpected role for ubiquitylation of a transcriptional activator
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The roles of ubiquitylation and stability with respect to the function of the well-studied yeast activator Gal4 are explored. Gal4 has served as a paradigm for understanding how eukaryotic cells mount rapid transcriptional responses to environmental changes.
Publication Name: Cell
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0092-8674
Year: 2005
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