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PAB/WT polysome loading and transcript levels (Arabidopsis thaliana)

ABSTRACT: To understand the contribution of the poly(A)binding protein to the translation of specific mRNAs, we compared the ribosome occupancy of mRNAs in wild type Arabidopsis and pab2 pab8 double mutant seedlings. The mutants continue to express the PAB4 paralog of PABP. RNA was fractionated using sucrose gradients into polysomal and nonpolysomal RNAs. We also determined overall total transcript levels. We used Affymetrix ATH1 microarrays. Each plant sample was analyzed for the mRNA abundance in total mRNA (T), polysomal mRNA (PL), and nonpolysomal mRNA (NP). Four biological replicates were collected for polysomes and three for total RNA. The pab2 pab8 double mutant was compared with wild type.

ORGANISM(S): Arabidopsis thaliana

SUBMITTER: Albrecht von Arnim

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-51480 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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The global translation profile in a ribosomal protein mutant resembles that of an eIF3 mutant.

Tiruneh Bayu Sisay BS Kim Byung-Hoon BH Gallie Daniel R DR Roy Bijoyita B von Arnim Albrecht G AG

BMC biology 20131230

<h4>Background</h4>Genome-wide assays performed in Arabidopsis and other organisms have revealed that the translation status of mRNAs responds dramatically to different environmental stresses and genetic lesions in the translation apparatus. To identify additional features of the global landscape of translational control, we used microarray analysis of polysomal as well as non-polysomal mRNAs to examine the defects in translation in a poly(A) binding protein mutant, pab2 pab8, as well as in a mu ...[more]

PMID: 24377433

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PAB/WT polysome loading and transcript levels (Arabidopsis thaliana)

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The global translation profile in a ribosomal protein mutant resembles that of an eIF3 mutant.

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