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1400503

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
30
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-11-25
pubmed:abstractText
In this report we demonstrate that a transcriptional regulatory element for one gene lies within a second, seemingly unrelated gene. Specifically, the 3' portion of the murine sex-limited protein (slp) gene, located within the class III region of the major histocompatibility complex, contains an element that regulates expression of the linked steroid 21-hydroxylase gene. A 4.2-kilobase (kb) major histocompatibility complex region, located between -2.2 and -6.4 kb upstream of 21OH-A, is required for expression of a chloramphenicol acetyltransferase reporter gene in transgenic mice. Two short regions of DNA, located between -5.3 and -6.0 kb, stimulate chloramphenicol acetyltransferase expression in Y1 adrenocortical tumor cells, and both of these active regions lie within the slp gene. A 21-base pair sequence, which is required for activity of the most 3' region, does not contain any of over 100 previously identified transcriptional regulatory elements. This juxtaposition of structural and regulatory elements of otherwise unrelated genes suggests a mechanism by which the evolutionarily conserved genetic linkage of 21OH-A and slp (or the homologous complement component C4) might provide a selective advantage. Analogous genetic arrangements may explain other examples of conserved linkage of disparate genes.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
25
pubmed:volume
267
pubmed:geneSymbol
slp
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
21924-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-12-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
An element regulating adrenal-specific steroid 21-hydroxylase expression is located within the slp gene.
pubmed:affiliation
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't