In prokaryotes and eukaryotes, most genes appear to be transcribed during short periods called transcriptional bursts, interspersed by silent intervals. We describe how such bursts generate gene-specific temporal patterns of messenger RNA (mRNA) synthesis in mammalian cells. To monitor transcription at high temporal resolution, we established various gene trap cell lines and transgenic cell lines expressing a short-lived luciferase protein from an unstable mRNA, and recorded bioluminescence in real time in single cells. Mathematical modeling identified gene-specific on- and off-switching rates in transcriptional activity and mean numbers of mRNAs produced during the bursts. Transcriptional kinetics were markedly altered by cis-regulatory DNA elements. Our analysis demonstrated that bursting kinetics are highly gene-specific, reflecting refractory periods during which genes stay inactive for a certain time before switching on again.
We study the lowest order conservation laws in one-dimensional (1D)
integrable quantum many-body models (IQM) as the Heisenberg spin 1/2 chain, the
Hubbard and t-J model. We show that the energy current is closely related to
the first conservation law in these models and therefore the thermal transport
coefficients are anomalous. Using an inequality on the time decay of current
correlations we show how the existence of conserved quantities implies a finite
charge stiffness (weight of the zero frequency component of the conductivity)
and so ideal conductivity at finite temperatures.Comment: 6 pages, Late
Temporal mapping during a circadian day of binding sites for the BMAL1 transcription factor in mouse liver reveals genome-wide daily rhythms in DNA binding and uncovers output functions that are controlled by the circadian oscillator.
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