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Prion infected rhesus monkeys to study differential transcription of Alu DNA elements and editing of Alu transcripts in neuronal cells and blood cells
Author(s) -
Kiesel P.,
Bodemer W.,
Gibson T.,
Zischler H.,
Kaup F.J.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of medical primatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1600-0684
pISSN - 0047-2565
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0684.2012.00535.x
Subject(s) - alu element , biology , transcription (linguistics) , dna , rna , repeated sequence , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , human genome , virology , gene , genome , linguistics , philosophy
Background  Rhesus monkeys were used as a non‐human primate model to study small non‐coding RNA after infection with human sporadic and variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob prions. Methods  Tissue‐specific Alu DNA element transcription and editing of transcripts were assessed in neuronal – and blood cells (Buffy Coat). Results  Tissue/cell‐specific transcription and editing patterns were obtained. Active Alu DNA elements belonged to several Alu DNA families, they could be located on several chromosomes, and their genomic sites were identified. Deamination by adenosine deaminase acting on RNA and apolipoprotein B editing complex was found. Conclusions  Different Alu transcription and editing programmes exist and may depend on the infection status.

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