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ea0021p293 | Pituitary | SFEBES2009

Long-term unsynchronised transcriptional cycles in individual living pituitary cells

Harper Claire , Finkenstadt Barbel , Woodcock Dan , Friedrichsen Sonke , Semprini Sabrina , Spiller Dave , Mullins John , Rand David , Davis Julian , White Mike

Gene expression in living cells is dynamic and unstable, and fluctuations in transcription may be subject to stochastic regulation of processes including transcription factor and polymerase recruitment, and chromatin remodelling. One gene that has been shown to display dynamically variable transcription and marked heterogeneity between cells is prolactin (PRL). Time-lapse imaging of PRL-reporter gene expression in single rat pituitary GH3 cells revealed distinct long-term tran...