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XB-ART-31396
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1980 Jun 01;776:3365-8.
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Two control regions for eukaryotic tRNA gene transcription.

DeFranco D , Schmidt O , Söll D .


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Two Drosophila tRNALys genes with identical coding sequences were shown to transcribe with very different efficiences in nuclear extracts from Xenopus oocytes. The use of recombinant plasmids in which the 5'-flanking sequences of these genes were either "switched" or replaced by defined pBR322 sequences revealed two control regions for tRNA gene transcription. An internal control region comprising the mature tRNA coding sequence (and possibly its 3'-flanking sequences) is sufficient for transcription initiation, and an external control region comprising the 5'-flanking sequences represses this transcription. All transcripts have short leader sequences. Altered precursor tRNAs transcribed from truncated tRNALys genes (missing a single base pair in the acceptor stem) are not processed well in vitro.

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Genes referenced: mt-tr trna

References [+] :
Birkenmeier, A nuclear extract of Xenopus laevis oocytes that accurately transcribes 5S RNA genes. 1978, Pubmed, Xenbase