Transcriptional augmentation: Modulation of gene expression by scaffold/matrix-attached regions (S/MAR elements)

  • Jürgen Bode
  • , Craig Benham
  • , Angela Knopp
  • , Christian Mielke

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Abstract

For a long time S/MARs could only be characterized by the assays in vitro that led to their detection. Only recently a number of biological activities emerged that are common to most or all S/MARs that are detected by the classic procedures. This review focuses on the phenomenon of transcriptional augmentation that is found for genomically anchored or episomal genes and on a group of partially overlapping activities that are suited to maintain an episomal status. Further, it is attempted to correlate properties of the S/MAR-scaffold interaction with prominent or prototype protein binding partners.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)73-90
Number of pages18
JournalCritical Reviews in Eukaryotic Gene Expression
Volume10
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2000

Keywords

  • Base-unpairing region (BUR)
  • Chromatin domains
  • Episomal vectors
  • Scaffold/matrix-attached regions
  • Stress-induced duplex destabilization (SIDD)
  • Transcriptional augmentation
  • Unwinding elements (UE)

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