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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
17
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-10-11
pubmed:abstractText
We have generated a transgenic mouse line by microinjection of a chimeric DNA fragment (KER-CAT) containing a hair-specific, murine ultra-high-sulfur keratin promoter (KER) fused to the coding region of the bacterial chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) gene. A 671-base pair (bp) stretch of the 5' promoter region was used to direct the expression of the CAT gene in this construct. Of the tissues tested for CAT activity in these transgenic animals only skin with growing hair, isolated hair follicles, and microdissected vibrissae showed substantial levels of activity. These are the same tissues where the endogenous ultra-high-sulfur keratin gene is expressed as shown by in situ hybridization. Furthermore, analysis of the CAT activity during the developmental stages of the hair growth cycle shows that the chimeric gene is expressed during the anagen phase of the hair growth cycle; this is the expected time during development for its expression. From these results we conclude that 671 bp of the promoter sequence from the ultra-high-sulfur keratin gene is sufficient to direct the correct development-specific and tissue-specific expression of the reporter gene construct in transgenic mice. The appropriate expression of the KER-CAT construct in transgenic mice is an important step in understanding the regulation of this gene during hair organogenesis.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0027-8424
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
87
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
6848-52
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Hair-specific expression of chloramphenicol acetyltransferase in transgenic mice under the control of an ultra-high-sulfur keratin promoter.
pubmed:affiliation
Molecular Biology Research, Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, MI 49001.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article