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Molecular Cell Biology: Different Transcriptional Activities in the Nucleus

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Progress in Botany

Part of the book series: Progress in Botany ((BOTANY,volume 59))

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Plant growth and development is dependent on numerous environmental and endogenous factors. Plant cells are able to respond to different signals with very precise reactions using different complex signal transduction pathways. A multiplicity of transmitting agents are involved in these complex processes which start with signal perception by receptor molecules, moving on to signal transduction in the cell to the nucleus, resulting in the expression of specific genes and ending with a response to the signal which can be local or systemic. In most cases, the result of activating such a signal transduction pathway is the stimulation or repression of the expression of one or several genes coding for products involved in the cell answer. Therefore, after the perception of the signal by exogenous or endogenous receptors the signal has to be transmitted to the nucleus (for review see Zentgraf and Hemleben 1996). The activation of specific genes is achieved by elevating the rate of transcription initiation at the respective promoters. The basal transcription initiation complex which is formed by ubiquitous transcription factors and RNA polymerase is complemented by specifically regulated trans-factors interacting with defined cis-elements. The concentration of these specific trans-factors, their compartmentalization, their stage of activity and their multimerization determine the transcription rate.

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Zentgraf, U., Velasco, R., Hemleben, V. (1998). Molecular Cell Biology: Different Transcriptional Activities in the Nucleus. In: Behnke, HD., Esser, K., Kadereit, J.W., Lüttge, U., Runge, M. (eds) Progress in Botany. Progress in Botany, vol 59. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-80446-5_5

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