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Comparative Genome Analysis Reveals Cis-Regulatory Elements on Gene-Sized Chromosomes of Ciliated Protists

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العنوان: Comparative Genome Analysis Reveals Cis-Regulatory Elements on Gene-Sized Chromosomes of Ciliated Protists
المؤلفون: Weibo Zheng, Huan Dou, Chao Li, Saleh A. Al-Farraj, Adam Byerly, Naomi A. Stover, Weibo Song, Xiao Chen, Lifang Li
المصدر: Frontiers in Microbiology, Vol 13 (2022)
بيانات النشر: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022.
سنة النشر: 2022
المجموعة: LCC:Microbiology
مصطلحات موضوعية: ciliates, Pseudokeronopsis carnea, Pseudokeronopsis flava, phylogenomics, nanochromosome, Microbiology, QR1-502
الوصف: Gene-sized chromosomes are a distinct feature of the macronuclear genome in ciliated protists known as spirotrichs. These nanochromosomes are often only several kilobase pairs long and contain a coding region for a single gene. However, the ways in which transcription is regulated on nanochromosomes is still largely unknown. Here, we generated macronuclear genome assemblies for two species of Pseudokeronopsis ciliates to better understand transcription regulation on gene-sized chromosomes. We searched within the short subtelomeric regions for potential cis-regulatory elements and identified distinct AT-rich sequences conserved in both species, at both the 5’ and 3’ end of each gene. We further acquired transcriptomic data for these species, which showed the 5’ cis-regulatory element is associated with active gene expression. Gene family evolution analysis suggests nanochromosomes in spirotrichs may originated approximately 900 million years ago. Together our comparative genomic analyses reveal novel insights into the biological roles of cis-regulatory elements on gene-sized chromosomes.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1664-302X
Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2022.775646/full; https://doaj.org/toc/1664-302X
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.775646
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/0844cdcf78fe4db7b28f307155055717
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.0844cdcf78fe4db7b28f307155055717
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:1664302X
DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2022.775646