Preliminary ACT-VII Program

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, 23 July, 2002

 

 

Opening Session

Moderators: Chong-Lek Koh and Jung-Hye Roe

 

 

 

 

Time

Program

Abstract Number

Abstract Title

 

 

 

 

1000 – 1600

Registration Opens

 

 

1700 – 1800

Opening Ceromony

 

1800 – 1900

Plenary Lecture

7070

The Mor/C Family Of Prokaryotic Transcription Activators                                                                                     
Martha M. Howe

1900 – 2200

Welcome Reception

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, 24 July, 2002

 

Transcriptional Machinery

Moderators: J. Gowrishankar & Changwon Kang

 

 

 

 

0900 – 1000

Plenary Lecture

7071

Functional Modulation Of Rna Polymerase For Bacterial Cell Differentiation                                         
Akira Ishihama

1000 – 1030

Lecture

7028

Effects Of The Sequence Variation In The -35 Region Of The Escherichia Coli Rnpb Promoter On The Stringent Response                                                                 
Jeong Won Park, Yongwon Jung, Sang Joon Lee, Ding J. Jin, And Younghoon Lee

7063

An N-Terminal Deletion Of sS In Escherichia Coli: In Vivo Activity And Normal Environmental Regulation    
K. Rajkumari And J. Gowrishankar

1030 – 1045

Tea Break

 

 

1045 – 1200

Lectures

7058

Baculovirus Very Late Gene Transcription Is A Complex Interplay Between Viral And Host Factors                                         
Sudip Ghosh, Priya Viswanathan , M. Senthil Kumar, And Seyed E. Hasnain

7072

Dynamic Changes In Phosphorylation Of Rna Polymerase Ii Carboxy-Terminal Domain During Transcription Cycle                                                                        
E.-J. Cho
, P. Komarnitsky, M. Kobor, J. Greenblatt, S. Buratowski

7024

Evidence That The Moss Phycomitrella Patens Chloroplast Rpoa Gene Is Relocated In The Nuclear Genome                                                                                                
Yuki Kobayashi, Chika Sugiura, And Mamoru Sugita

7022

Stationary Phase Expression From Hdeabp In Escherichia Coli                                                                           
Eun-Yong Kim, Min-Sang Shin, Nobuyuki Fujita, Akira Ishihama, And Hyon E. Choy

7050

Rna Contacts Of T7 Rna Polymerase Termination Complex                                                                                      Younghee Sohn And Changwon Kang

1230 – 1400

Lunch

 

 

1400 – 1530

Posters

 

Presenters Will Be By The Posters

1530 – 1600

Tea Break

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transcriptional Regulation by Factors  - Activators

Moderators: Yuan Wang & Kiyoshi Kawakami

 

 

 

 

1600 – 1745

Lectures

7001

Late Gene Expression Factors From The Baculovrius Bmnpv                                                                   
S. Sehrawat, A. Acharya And K.P. Gopinathan

7060

Identification Of A Novel Patch On The a-Ctd Of Rna Polymerase Involved In Tyr R-Mediated Activation Of Gene Expression                                                                    
Helen Camakaris, Ji Yang And James Pittard

7006

Transcriptional Regulation Of Hb1f (Nr5a2) Gene By Hnf1 And Usf                                                                             
Cheng-Kang Zhang, Yu-Ying Kong, You-Hua Xie, And Yuan Wang

7020

Dephosphorylation Of C-Jun C-Terminus Is Involved In Phorbol Ester-Induced Interaction Between C-Jun And Sp1 In Promoter Activation Of Human 12(S)-Lipoxygenase                                                                             Wen-Chang Chang And Ben-Kuen Chen

7046

Identification And Cloning Of Transcription Factors That To The Tomato Chi2;1 Promoter Using Yeast One-Hybrid System  
Chan P.K., Hirzun M.Y., Cmvl Wong, And Harikrishna K.

7023

Synergistic Activation Of A Promoter By Six, Eya And Dach Proteins                                                                 
Kiyoshi Kawakami,
Keiko Ikeda, And Yoko Watanabe

7054

Epstein-Barr Virus Bzlf 1 Gene Is Activated By Transforming Growth Factor-_ Through Cooperativity Of Smads And C-Jun/C-Fos Proteins  
Chih-Lung Liang, Jo-Lin Chen, And Yu-Sun Chang

1830 – 2000

Dinner

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transcriptional Regulation by Factors - Repressors

Moderators: Skorn Mongkolsuk & Yufei Shen

 

 

 

 

2000 – 2100

Plenary Lecture

7052

Structures Of Higher-Order Nucleoprotein Complexes Regulating Transcription                      
Sankar Adhya

2100 – 2215

Lectures

7064

Ohrr, A Transcription Repressor That Senses And Responds To Changes In Organic Peroxide Levels
Skorn Mongkolsuk

7040

Transcriptional Repression In Erythroid Cells
Merlin Crossley

7027

Human Cytomegalovirus Immediate Early Proteins Ie2 And Us3 Downregulate P53-Specific Gene Activation Through Distinct Mechanisms                
Li-Jung Juan

7039

Inhibitory Role Of P53 On Hsp90 Beta Gene                 
Liling Chen, Ye Zhang, Yukun Cui, Ninghua Wu, And Yufei Shen

7049

Regulation Of Daxx Transcriptional Activity By Subcellular Compartmentalization                             
Ding-Yen Lin And Hsiu-Ming Shih

 

 

 

 

Thursday, 25 July, 2002

 

Transcription and Chromatin

Moderators: Kyosuko Nagata & Li-Jung Juan

 

 

 

 

0900 – 1000

Plenary Lecture

7062

Recruitment Of Chromatin Modifying Complexes                                                                     
Leann Howe, Mike Carrozza, Ahmed Hassan, Kristen Neely, Philippe Prochasson, Scott Galasinski, Christine Brown, And Jerry L. Workman

1000 – 1015

Lecture

7010

Epigentic Gene Expression Through Gaga Factor-Dependent Chromatin Remodeling                                      
S. Hirose,
T. Nakayama, T. Shimojima, M. Okada, And H. Ueda. 

1015 – 1045

Tea Break

 

 

1045 – 1130

Lectures

7013

Mechanism Of Transcriptional Activation By Transcription Factor Iiic On Yeast U6 Chromatin                                                                 
Sushma Shivaswamy, George A. Kassavetis, And Purnima Bhargava

 

 

7026

Regulation Of Chromatin Transcription By Nucleophosmin/B23, A Histone Chaperone                      
V. Swaminathan,
Suresh K. Swaminathan, Pavan Kumar P., And Tapas K. Kundu

 

 

7042

Involvement Of Nucleophosmin/B23/Taf-Iii, A Family Member Of Acidic Molecular Chaperones, In Transcription Of Ribosome Dna                                                                                       
K. Nagata,
M. Miyaji-Yamaguchi, T. Shimoyama, H. Haruki, K. Murano, K. Kato, And M. Okuwaki

1230 – 1400

Lunch

 

 

1400 – Till

Local Tour and Dinner

 

 

 

 

 

Friday, 26 July, 2002

 

 

Novel Regulation Mechanisms

Moderators: Hyon E. Choy and Li-JungJuan

 

 

 

 

0900 – 1030

Plenary Lecture

7068

How The Behaviour Of A Single Enzyme Regulates Differential Gene Expression: The Initiation Of Sporulation In Bacillus Subtilis                                                 
Michael D. Yudkin

1000 – 1015

Lecture

7051

Genetic Dissection Of Autophagy In Yeast             
Yoshinori Ohsumi 

1015 – 1045

Tea Break

 

 

1045 – 1215

Lectures

7048

How Does Sry Determine Sex?     
Vincent Harley,
Kevin Knower, And Michael Clarkson

7036

Nucleocytoplasmic Transport Of Sr Proteins And Mrna                 
Woan-Yuh Tarn

7031

Transcriptional Regulation Under Pressure Conditions By Rna Polymerase s54 Factor With Two Components Regulatory System In Deep-Sea Bacterium, Shewanella Violacea                                           
K. Nakasone
 And C. Kato

7015

Redox-Dependent Modulation Of Rsra, An Anti-Sigma Factor Regulating Thioredoxin Operons In Streptomyces Coelicolor                                                       
Jae-Bum Bae, Joo-Hong Park, And Jung-Hye Roe

7009

Multi-Functional Phosphorylation Of The P53 C-Terminal Domain By The Checkpoint Kinases Hchk1 And Chk2                                                                                             Yi-Hung Ou, Te-Ping Sun, Carol Prives, And Sheau-Yann Shieh

7002

Control Of Catabolism Of Nitrogen And Carbon Sources In Aspergillus Nidulans                                       
M. J. Hynes,
R. B. Todd, J. A. Fraser And M. A. Davis

1230 – 1400

Lunch

 

 

1400 – 1530

Posters

 

Presenters Will Be By The Posters

 

 

 

 

Structural Dynamics of Transcription

Moderators: Nobuo Shimamoto& Dipangkar Chatterji

 

 

 

 

1530 – 1630

Plenary Lecture

7032

Structural Basis Of Transcription Initiation                              K.S.Murakami, S.Masuda, E.A.Campbell, O.Muzzin, And S.A.Darst

1630 – 1745

Lecture

7047

Chirality Generation And Descrimination
Reiko Kuroda

7017

Transcription Over Immobilized Dna In The Heterogeneous Phase                                                                
D. Ghosh, S. Kundu, N. Faure, F. Rondelez, And D. Chatterji

7008

Real-Time Imaging Of Translocation Of Elongating T7 Rna Polymerase Along Dna 
H. Kabata, S. Matsumoto, And M. Washizu

7073

Mechanistic Studies Of Transcriptional Activation Of Dna Replication                                       
Fenfei Leng

7066

Single-Molecule Detection Of Groove-Tracking Of Dna By Rna Polymerase  During Sliding                                                                                                Sakata-Sogawa And Nobuo Shimamoto

1830 – 2200

Conference Dinner

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday, 27 July, 2002

 

 

Genomics and Proteomics

Moderators: Ian Dawes & Micahel Hynes

 

 

 

 

0900 – 1000

Plenary Lecture

7069

Gata-Factor Genomics And Regulation In Saccaromyces Serevisiae: Control Network Analysis In The Post-Genomic Era                             
Terrance G. Cooper

1000 – 1045

Lectures

7057

The One-Carbon Metabolism Regulon In Yeast        
I.W. Dawes, M.D. Piper, C. Gelling, S-P. Hong, And T. Cook.

7004

Proteome Analysis Of  Fismutant Of  Salmonella Enterica Serovar Typhimurium                                                                                 Hyunjin Yoon, Boowon Kim, And Sangryeol Ryu