THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF MOUSE METALLOTHIONEIN-I GENE CONTAINS 2 SITES CONFERRING GLUCOCORTICOID INDUCIBILITY TO THE HETEROLOGOUS PROMOTER

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作者
PLISOV, SY [1 ]
NICHIPORENKO, MG [1 ]
SHKAPENKO, AL [1 ]
KUMAREV, VP [1 ]
BARANOVA, LV [1 ]
MERKULOVA, TI [1 ]
机构
[1] GENSET,F-75001 PARIS,FRANCE
关键词
METALLOTHIONEIN; GLUCOCORTICOID REGULATION; PROMOTER; REGULATORY ELEMENT;
D O I
10.1016/0014-5793(94)00980-5
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Glucocorticoid responsive elements (GREs) located - 252 to - 209 bp upstream and + 1011 to + 1054 bp downstream of the transcription initiation site of the mouse metallotionein-I (mMT-I) gene were identified in transient transfection eperiments. However, the promoter region of the mMT-I gene (- 330 to + 70 bp) was found to provide low, if any, glucocorticoid induction of the linked CAT gene, while showing strong cadmium regulation, comparable with the in vivo level.
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