KOHOUTEK, Jiří, Qintong LI, Dalibor BLAŽEK, Zeping LUO, Huimin JIANG and B Matija PETERLIN. Cyclin T2 Is Essential for Mouse Embryogenesis. Molecular and Cellular Biology. Washington, D.C.: ASM, 2009, vol. 29, No 12, p. 3280-3285. ISSN 0270-7306. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1128/MCB.00172-09.
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Original name Cyclin T2 Is Essential for Mouse Embryogenesis
Authors KOHOUTEK, Jiří, Qintong LI, Dalibor BLAŽEK, Zeping LUO, Huimin JIANG and B Matija PETERLIN.
Edition Molecular and Cellular Biology, Washington, D.C. ASM, 2009, 0270-7306.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10600 1.6 Biological sciences
Country of publisher United States of America
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 6.057
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/MCB.00172-09
UT WoS 000266436300004
Keywords in English RNA-POLYMERASE-II; ELONGATION-FACTOR-B; RECRUITS P-TEFB; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ELONGATION; TERMINAL DOMAIN; TARGET GENES; EXPRESSION; ACTIVATION; TAT; DIFFERENTIATION
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Abstract
The positive transcription elongation factor b (P-TEFb) is essential for the elongation of transcription and cotranscriptional processing by RNA polymerase II. In mammals, it contains predominantly the C-type cyclin cyclin T1 (CycT1) or CycT2 and cyclin-dependent kinase 9 (Cdk9). To determine if these cyclins have redundant functions or affect distinct sets of genes, we genetically inactivated the CycT2 gene (Ccnt2) using the beta-galactosidase-neomycin gene (beta-geo) gene trap technology in the mouse. Visualizing beta-galactosidase during mouse embryogenesis revealed that CycT2 is expressed abundantly during embryogenesis and throughout the organism in the adult. This finding was reflected in the expression of CycT2 in all adult tissues and organs. However, despite numerous matings of heterozygous mice, we observed no CycT2(-/-) embryos, pups, or adult mice. This early lethality could have resulted from decreased expression of critical genes, which were revealed by short interfering RNAs against CycT2 in embryonic stem cells. Thus, CycT1 and CycT2 are not redundant, and these different P-TEFb complexes regulate subsets of distinct genes that are important for embryonic development.
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