THE CANDIDATE PROTOONCOGENE BCL-3 ENCODES A TRANSCRIPTIONAL COACTIVATOR THAT ACTIVATES THROUGH NF-KAPPA-B P50 HOMODIMERS

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作者
FUJITA, T [1 ]
NOLAN, GP [1 ]
LIOU, HC [1 ]
SCOTT, ML [1 ]
BALTIMORE, D [1 ]
机构
[1] ROCKEFELLER UNIV,NEW YORK,NY 10021
关键词
NF-KAPPA-B; P50; I-KAPPA-B; TRANSCRIPTION; COACTIVATOR;
D O I
10.1101/gad.7.7b.1354
中图分类号
Q2 [细胞生物学];
学科分类号
071009 ; 090102 ;
摘要
The candidate proto-oncogene bcl-3 encodes a protein that shares structural features with IkappaB-alpha and other proteins that bind to members of the Rel protein family. Here, we show that in contrast to the inhibitory activity of IkappaB-alpha, the bcl-3 gene product superactivates NF-kappaB p50 homodimer-mediated gene expression both in vivo and in vitro. BCL-3 protein can, as well, selectively associate with p50 homodimers in the presence of DNA containing a kappaB motif. These results strongly suggest that BCL-3 can act as a transcriptional coactivator, acting through DNA-bound p50 homodimers.
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页码:1354 / 1363
页数:10
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