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Interaction between turnip mosaic potyvirus (TuMV) cylindrical inclusion protein and Arabidopsis thaliana histone H3 protein

Turnip mosaic potyvirus (TuMV) is a single-stranded RNA plant virus. One of its proteins, the cylindrical inclusion (CI) protein, was hypothesized to interfere with host transcription via interaction with histone H3 protein. Interaction between CI and histone H3 was previously observed in Dr. Fortin's laboratory. Based on previous studies that demonstrated the importance of the H3 tail domain in gene regulation and chromosome arrangement, it was hypothesized that CI would interact with the tail rather than the globular domain. The objective of this project was to identify which histone H3 domains CI protein interacts with. The full-length, globular, and tail domains of histone H3 DNA were expressed in E. coli and purified. Based on in vitro interaction experiments, the CI protein was observed to interact with the globular domain of histone H3.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.79060
Date January 2003
CreatorsOzumit, Alen
ContributorsFortin, Marc G. (advisor)
PublisherMcGill University
Source SetsLibrary and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
Formatapplication/pdf
CoverageMaster of Science (Department of Plant Science.)
RightsAll items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated.
Relationalephsysno: 001983471, proquestno: AAIMQ88275, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest.

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