The SNF2h-containing chromatin-remodeling complex NoRC is responsible for silencing a fraction of mammalian rRNA genes (rDNA). NoRC silences transcription by establishing heterochromatic features-including DNA methylation, hypoacetylation of histone H4, and methylation of H3K9-at the rDNA promoter []. We have investigated the mechanism of NoRC-mediated rDNA silencing and show that binding of th...

The 5S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes in eukaryotes may occur either interspersed with the other rRNA genes in the ribosomal DNA (rDNA) repeat, or in separate tandem arrays, or dispersed throughout the genome. In Pythium species and in several related Oomycetes, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of the nontranscribed spacer (NTS) region with one primer specific for the 5S gene revealed,...

A 5'-terminal region of 1600-1800 base pairs was amplified, cloned, and sequenced in the large subunit rDNA (LSU rDNA) of four species of foraminifera. These sequences were compared with the homologous regions of 16 eukaryotic taxa in order to establish the phylogenetic position of foraminifera. Analysis of 610 unambiguously aligned bases shows that foraminifera branch closely to plasmodial and...

Questing Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) adult and nymphal ticks collected in various parts of Slovenia were tested for the presence of babesial parasites with a PCR assay based on the nuclear small subunit rRNA gene (nss-ribosomal DNA [rDNA]). Thirteen of 135 ticks were found to contain babesial DNA. Sequence determination and analysis of amplified portions of nss-rDNA revealed their identity...

Molecular biology methods offer new opportunities to differentiate, identify and type bacterial species and strains. These methods use the variability of nucleic sequences of genes such as 16S rDNA, beta subunit RNA-ase (rpoB), gyrase (gyrB), rDNA internal transcribed spacer and other genes. The aim of this paper is to provide comprehensive information about the methods available to differentia...

In 1992, two independent reports based on small-subunit rRNA gene (SSU rDNA) cloning revealed the presence of novel Archaea among marine bacterioplankton. Here, we report the presence of further novel Archaea SSU rDNA sequences recovered from the midgut contents of a deep-sea marine holothurian. Phylogenetic analyses show that these abyssal Archaea are a paraphyletic component of a highly diver...

Abstract Four new Keratinophyton species ( Ascomycota , Pezizomycotina Onygenales ), K. gollerae lemmensii straussii, and wagneri isolated from soil samples originating Europe (Austria, Italy, Slovakia) are described illustrated. The taxa well supported by phylogenetic analysis of the internal transcribed spacer region (ITS) region, combined data ITS nuclear large subunit (LSU) rDNA, their phen...

Serpula himantioides is a widely distributed saprotrophic fungus that causes root and butt rot in various tree species. In Japan, associated with S. observed Chamaecyparis pisifera Abies sachalinensis. Previous studies have shown includes five phylogenetically defined cryptic lineages, but the placement of Japanese isolates remains unclear. To clarify phylogenetic relationship between known we ...

A method for discriminating among Leishmania is described, based upon small subunit ribosomal DNA sequence differences. The method was to amplify the entire 2.2 kb small subunit rDNA by polymerase chain reaction using conserved primers specific for the 5' and 3' termini of the small subunit ribosomal RNA, and then hybridize the product dotted onto nylon membranes with labeled oligonucleotides. ...

DDX11 was recently identified as a cause of Warsaw breakage syndrome (WABS). However, the functional mechanism of DDX11 and the contribution of clinically described mutations to the pathogenesis of WABS are elusive. Here, we show that DDX11 is a novel nucleolar protein that preferentially binds to hypomethylated active ribosomal DNA (rDNA) gene loci, where it interacts with upstream binding fac...