2023 Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) Symposium
Location
ScholarSpace, Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa
Presentation Type
Open Access Poster Presentation
Document Type
poster
Abstract
Saccharomyces cerevisiae, also known as brewer’s yeast, is the model organism we chose to interrogate a possible length dependence of gene looping. Gene looping occurs when the promoter and the terminator regions of a gene come together in a physical interaction to form a loop. RNA polymerase transcribes the gene at an amplified rate due to the gene loop (Figure 1), but little research exists as to what factors are important for this process, including the mechanics of the underlying DNA.
Start Date
28-7-2023 11:00 AM
End Date
28-7-2023 1:30 PM
Event Host
Summer Undergraduate Research Program, University of Northern Iowa
Faculty Advisor
Justin Peters
Department
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Copyright
©2023 Abbie Bangs, Dr. Justin Peters
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Bangs, Abbie and Peters, Justin, "Investigating Gene Looping in Yeast" (2023). Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) Symposium. 7.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/surp/2023/all/7
Investigating Gene Looping in Yeast
ScholarSpace, Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa
Saccharomyces cerevisiae, also known as brewer’s yeast, is the model organism we chose to interrogate a possible length dependence of gene looping. Gene looping occurs when the promoter and the terminator regions of a gene come together in a physical interaction to form a loop. RNA polymerase transcribes the gene at an amplified rate due to the gene loop (Figure 1), but little research exists as to what factors are important for this process, including the mechanics of the underlying DNA.
