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Abstract

Xenopus UBF (xUBF) interacts with DNA by way of multiple HMG-box domains. When xUBF binds to the ribosomal promoter, the carboxyl-terminal acidic tail and amino-terminal HMG-box interact. Binding also leads to negative DNA supercoiling and the formation of a disk-like structure, the enhancesome. Within the enhancesome, an xUBF dimer makes a low-density protein core around which DNA is looped into a single 180-base pair turn, probably by in-phase bending. The enhancesome structure suggests a mechanism for xUBF-dependent recruitment of the TATA box-binding protein complex without direct interaction between the two factors.

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Bazett-Jones, D. P., Leblanc, B., Herfort, M., & Moss, T. (1994). Short-Range DNA Looping by the Xenopus HMG-Box Transcription Factor, xUBF. Science, 264(5162), 1134–1137.

Authors 4
  1. David P. Bazett-Jones (first)
  2. Benoît Leblanc (additional)
  3. Manfred Herfort (additional)
  4. Tom Moss (additional)
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@article{Bazett_Jones_1994, title={Short-Range DNA Looping by the Xenopus HMG-Box Transcription Factor, xUBF}, volume={264}, ISSN={1095-9203}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.8178172}, DOI={10.1126/science.8178172}, number={5162}, journal={Science}, publisher={American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)}, author={Bazett-Jones, David P. and Leblanc, Benoît and Herfort, Manfred and Moss, Tom}, year={1994}, month=may, pages={1134–1137} }