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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-2-3
pubmed:abstractText
The mouse Otx2 gene is essential throughout head and brain development, from anterior-posterior polarity determination and neuroectoderm induction to post-natal sensory organ maturation. These numerous activities must rely on a very finely tuned regulation of expression. In order to understand the molecular control of the Otx2 gene, we set out to isolate its promoter. During this quest, we identified three remote transcription start sites, two defining two new upstream exons and one mapping within the previously reported first exon. The three transcripts differed in their 5' non-coding region but encoded the same protein. The transcription start nucleotides of each mRNA species have been mapped by RNase protection assays and by an RNA circularization technique. We have demonstrated that they are all used and linked to functional promoters. In addition to leader versatility, we also detected alternative splicing within the coding sequence that gives rise to a new protein endowed with an 8 amino-acid insertion upstream of the homeodomain. Combined analysis of the relative abundance of Otx2 mRNA isoforms in representative tissues and in situ hybridization studies revealed distinct spatial and temporal, although partially overlapping, expression patterns of the mRNA isoforms. These findings provide new clues to a better understanding of the relationships between Otx2 gene architecture and its complex regulatory requirements.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0022-3042
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
84
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
840-53
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12562527-5' Untranslated Regions, pubmed-meshheading:12562527-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12562527-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:12562527-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:12562527-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:12562527-Cerebellum, pubmed-meshheading:12562527-Exons, pubmed-meshheading:12562527-Homeodomain Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12562527-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12562527-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12562527-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:12562527-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12562527-Organ Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:12562527-Otx Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:12562527-Pons, pubmed-meshheading:12562527-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:12562527-Protein Isoforms, pubmed-meshheading:12562527-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:12562527-Retina, pubmed-meshheading:12562527-Trans-Activators, pubmed-meshheading:12562527-Transcription Initiation Site
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
New Otx2 mRNA isoforms expressed in the mouse brain.
pubmed:affiliation
LBMC, ENS-Lyon, 46 allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon cedex 07, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't