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Human autoantibody to RNA polymerase I transcription factor hUBF. Molecular identity of nucleolus organizer region autoantigen NOR-90 and ribosomal RNA transcription upstream binding factor

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authors

  • Chan, E. K. L.
  • Imai, H.
  • Hamel, J. C.
  • Tan, Eng

publication date

  • November 1991

journal

  • Journal of Experimental Medicine  Journal

abstract

  • In dividing eukaryotic cells, nucleoli disperse before mitosis and reform in daughter cells at sites of ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene clusters that are at the secondary constrictions of chromosomes, called nucleolus organizer regions (NORs). In this study, cDNA clones for a NOR autoantigen (NOR-90) were selected using a specific human autoantibody probe and were subsequently identified to encode an alternative form of the reported human upstream binding factor (hUBF). Results from immunoprecipitation showed that anti-NOR-90 antibodies recognized both forms of hUBF/NOR-90. Our data therefore showed that UBF, a critical factor in the regulation of rRNA transcription, was tightly bound to NOR during mitosis even when rRNA synthesis was thought to be minimal. Furthermore, we identified a nucleolar transcription factor as a novel target for human autoimmune response.

subject areas

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Autoantibodies
  • Autoantigens
  • Base Sequence
  • DNA-Binding Proteins
  • Humans
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Nucleolus Organizer Region
  • Pol1 Transcription Initiation Complex Proteins
  • RNA Polymerase I
  • RNA, Ribosomal
  • Transcription Factors
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Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC2119007

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0022-1007

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1084/jem.174.5.1239

PubMed ID

  • 1940801
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Additional Document Info

start page

  • 1239

end page

  • 1244

volume

  • 174

issue

  • 5

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