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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-1-20
pubmed:abstractText
Infection results in the rapid activation of immunity genes in the Drosophila fat body. Two classes of transcription factors have been implicated in this process: the REL-containing proteins, Dorsal, Dif, and Relish, and the GATA factor Serpent. Here we present evidence that REL-GATA synergy plays a pervasive role in the immune response. SELEX assays identified consensus binding sites that permitted the characterization of several immunity regulatory DNAs. The distribution of REL and GATA sites within these DNAs suggests that most or all fat-specific immunity genes contain a common organization of regulatory elements: closely linked REL and GATA binding sites positioned in the same orientation and located near the transcription start site. Aspects of this "regulatory code" are essential for the immune response. These results suggest that immunity regulatory DNAs contain constrained organizational features, which may be a general property of eukaryotic enhancers.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1097-2765
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
16
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
19-32
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14731391-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:14731391-Animals, Genetically Modified, pubmed-meshheading:14731391-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:14731391-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:14731391-Consensus Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:14731391-Drosophila, pubmed-meshheading:14731391-Drosophila Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:14731391-Embryo, Nonmammalian, pubmed-meshheading:14731391-Enhancer Elements, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:14731391-Fat Body, pubmed-meshheading:14731391-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:14731391-Genes, Insect, pubmed-meshheading:14731391-Immunity, pubmed-meshheading:14731391-Larva, pubmed-meshheading:14731391-Models, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:14731391-Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:14731391-Sequence Deletion, pubmed-meshheading:14731391-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:14731391-Transcriptional Activation
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Immunity regulatory DNAs share common organizational features in Drosophila.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Division of Genetics and Development, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.