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Readings

Note: The reviews listed here are for your reference. You are NOT REQUIRED to read them, but they might prove useful if you did.

Date

Readings

Tu

2/1/05

Review: Lee TT, Young RA. 2000. Transcription of eukaryotic protein-coding genes. Annu Rev Genet, 34:77-137.

Th

2/3/05

Review: Lee TT, Young RA. 2000. Transcription of eukaryotic protein-coding genes. Annu Rev Genet, 34:77-137.

Tu

2/8/05

Liao SM, Zhang J, Jeffery DA, Koleske AJ, Thompson CM, Chao DM, Viljoen M, van Vuuren HJ, Young RA. A kinase-cyclin pair in the RNA polymerase II holoenzyme. Nature. 1995 374:193-6. [Journal prompt]

Th

2/10/05

Review: Lee TT, Young RA. 2000. Transcription of eukaryotic protein-coding genes. Annu Rev Genet, 34:77-137.

Tu

2/15/05

Gaudreau, L, Adam M, Ptashne M. 1998. Activation of transcription in vitro by recruitment of the yeast RNA polymerase II holoenzyme. Mol Cell 1:913-916.
Keaveney M, Struhl K. 1998. Activator-mediated recruitment of the RNA polymerase II machinery is the predominant mechanism for transcriptional activation in yeast. Mol Cell 1:917-924.
Questions for in-class work

Th

2/17/05

Relevant reviews (working on Group Wiki Projects)
Tu
2/22/05

Review: Felsenfeld G, Groudine M. 2003. Controlling the double helix. Nature. 421:448-53.
Review: Cosma MP. Ordered recruitment: gene-specific mechanism of transcription activation. Mol Cell. 2002 10:227-36.

Th
2/24/05
Relevant reviews (more working on Group Wiki Projects)

Tu

3/1/05

Gregory PD, Schmid A, Zavari M, Munsterkotter M, Horz W. Chromatin remodelling at the PHO8 promoter requires SWI-SNF and SAGA at a step subsequent to activator binding. EMBO J. 1999 18:6407-14.
Shang Y, Hu X, DiRenzo J, Lazar MA, Brown M. Cofactor dynamics and sufficiency in estrogen receptor-regulated transcription. Cell. 2000 103:843-52.
Soutoglou, E, Talianidis I. 2002. Coordination of PIC assembly and chromatin remodeling during differentiation-induced gene activation. Science. 295:1901-1904.
Questions for in-class work

Th

3/3/05

Review: Turner BM. Cellular memory and the histone code. Cell. 2002 111:285-91.
Review: de la Cruz X, Lois S, Sanchez-Molina S, Martinez-Balbas MA. Do protein motifs read the histone code? Bioessays. 2005 27:164-75.
Review: Cosgrove MS, Boeke JD, Wolberger C. Regulated nucleosome mobility and the histone code. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2004 11:1037-43.

Tu

3/8/05

Hassan AH, Prochasson P, Neely KE, Galasinski SC, Chandy M, Carrozza MJ, Workman JL. Function and selectivity of bromodomains in anchoring chromatin-modifying complexes to promoter nucleosomes. Cell. 2002 111:369-79.
Agalioti T, Chen G, Thanos D. Deciphering the transcriptional histone acetylation code for a human gene. Cell. 2002 111:381-92.
Questions for in-class work

Th

3/10/05

Review: Howe KJ. RNA polymerase II conducts a symphony of pre-mRNA processing activities. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2002 1577:308-24.

Tu

3/15/05

Komarnitsky P, Cho EJ, Buratowski S. Different phosphorylated forms of RNA polymerase II and associated mRNA processing factors during transcription. Genes Dev. 2000 14:2452-60.
Meinhart A, Cramer P. Recognition of RNA polymerase II carboxy-terminal domain by 3'-RNA-processing factors.
Nature. 2004 430:223-6.
Questions for in-class work

Th

3/17/05

Midterm Examination

Tu

3/22/05

SPRING BREAK

Th

3/24/05

SPRING BREAK

Tu

3/29/05

None

Th

3/31/05

None
Tu
4/5/05

Review: Preiss T, W Hentze M. Starting the protein synthesis machine: eukaryotic translation initiation. Bioessays. 2003 25:1201-1211.

Th

4/7/05

Review: Preiss T, W Hentze M. Starting the protein synthesis machine: eukaryotic translation initiation. Bioessays. 2003 25:1201-1211.
Tu
4/12/05

Fletcher CM, Pestova TV, Hellen CU, Wagner G. Structure and interactions of the translation initiation factor eIF1. EMBO J. 1999 18:2631-2637.
Battiste JL, Pestova TV, Hellen CU, Wagner G. The eIF1A solution structure reveals a large RNA-binding surface important for scanning function. Mol Cell. 2000 5:109-119.
Questions for in-class work

Th
4/14/05
Review: Preiss T, W Hentze M. Starting the protein synthesis machine: eukaryotic translation initiation. Bioessays. 2003 25:1201-1211.
Tu
4/19/05
Review: Hinnebusch AG. Translational regulation of yeast GCN4. A window on factors that control initiator-trna binding to the ribosome. J Biol Chem. 1997 272:21661-4.
Th
4/21/05
Review: Sonenberg N, Dever TE. Eukaryotic translation initiation factors and regulators. Curr Opin Struct Biol. 2003 13:56-63.
Tu
4/26/05
Vende P, Piron M, Castagne N, Poncet D. Efficient translation of rotavirus mRNA requires simultaneous interaction of NSP3 with the eukaryotic translation initiation factor eIF4G and the mRNA 3' end. J Virol. 2000 74:7064-7071.
Vitour D, Lindenbaum P, Vende P, Becker MM, Poncet D. RoXaN, a novel cellular protein containing TPR, LD, and zinc finger motifs, forms a ternary complex with eukaryotic initiation factor 4G and rotavirus NSP3. J Virol. 2004 78:3851-3862.
Questions for in-class work
Th
4/28/05

Review: Hellen CU, Sarnow P. Internal ribosome entry sites in eukaryotic mRNA molecules. Genes Dev. 2001 15:1593-612.
Review: Bushell M, Sarnow P. Hijacking the translation apparatus by RNA viruses. J Cell Biol. 2002 158:395-399.
Review: Komar AA, Hatzoglou M. Internal ribosome entry sites in cellular mRNAs: The mystery of their existence.
J Biol Chem. 2005 [Epub ahead of print]

Tu
5/3/05
Jan E, Sarnow P. Factorless ribosome assembly on the internal ribosome entry site of cricket paralysis virus. J Mol Biol. 2002 324:889-902.
Fernandez J, Yaman I, Huang C, Liu H, Lopez AB, Komar AA, Caprara MG, Merrick WC, Snider MD, Kaufman RJ, Lamers WH, Hatzoglou M. Ribosome stalling regulates IRES-mediated translation in eukaryotes, a parallel to prokaryotic attenuation. Mol Cell. 2005 17:405-416.
Questions for in-class work
Th
5/5/05
Review: Gebauer F, Hentze MW. Molecular mechanisms of translational control. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2004 5:827-835.
Review: Lasko P. Cup-ling oskar RNA localization and translational control. J Cell Biol. 2003 163:1189-91.
Tu
5/10/05

Muckenthaler M, Gray NK, Hentze MW. IRP-1 binding to ferritin mRNA prevents the recruitment of the small ribosomal subunit by the cap-binding complex eIF4F. Mol Cell. 1998 2:383-388.
Gebauer F, Grskovic M, Hentze MW. Drosophila sex-lethal inhibits the stable association of the 40S ribosomal subunit with msl-2 mRNA. Mol Cell. 2003 11:1397-1404.
Nakamura A, Sato K, Hanyu-Nakamura K. Drosophila cup is an eIF4E binding protein that associates with Bruno and regulates oskar mRNA translation in oogenesis. Dev Cell. 2004 6:69-78.
Questions for in-class work

Th
5/12/05

None

Tu
5/17/05
Final Examination