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. 1986 Feb;6(2):601–606. doi: 10.1128/mcb.6.2.601

Transcription of the histone H5 gene is not S-phase regulated.

S Dalton, J R Coleman, J R Wells
PMCID: PMC367551  PMID: 3785154

Abstract

Levels of the tissue-specific linker histone H5 are elevated in mature erythroid cells as compared with levels in dividing cells of the same lineage. We examined levels of H5 mRNA in relation to the cell cycle in early erythroid cells transformed by avian erythroblastosis virus to determine whether the gene for this unusual histone is S-phase regulated. Northern blotting analyses revealed that during the cell cycle steady-state levels of H5 mRNA remained relatively constant in contrast to levels of the major core and H1 mRNAs which increased approximately 15-fold during S phase. In vitro pulse-labeling experiments involving nuclei isolated from synchronized cells at various stages of the cell cycle revealed that transcription of the H5 gene was not initiated at any particular stage of the cell cycle but was constitutive. In contrast, transcription of the H2A gene(s) initiated in early S phase, was present throughout the DNA replicative phase, and was essentially absent in G1 and G2 phases.

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