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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
36
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-2-7
pubmed:abstractText
To identify the transcription regulatory elements of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene, DNA fragments located in the 5'-upstream region were fused with the bacterial chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) reporter gene and transfected into various cell lines to test for promoter activity. The results of these studies suggested that there were at least two positive and one negative cisacting elements involved in CFTR transcription initiation. One of them was a proximal, positive element delimited by the 5' deletion constructs -226 base parts upstream of the transcription start site. This minimal promoter sequence (-226 to +98) alone seemed to be sufficient to direct cell-specific CAT expression. The sequences immediately upstream of -227, on the other hand, appeared to contain a negative regulatory element; inclusion of this sequence with the proximal element (e.g. a construct containing sequences -345 to +98) rendered the CFTR promoter inactive. This negative regulatory element could also suppress the activity of a heterologous promoter. In addition, the DNA transfection study suggested the existence of another positive regulatory element outside the CFTR promoter region examined, as the inability of this region (e.g. -658 to +98) to function in a CAT assay could be overcome by the presence of a viral enhancer element.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
25
pubmed:volume
266
pubmed:geneSymbol
CFTR
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
24471-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1722205-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:1722205-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:1722205-Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase, pubmed-meshheading:1722205-Cystic Fibrosis, pubmed-meshheading:1722205-Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator, pubmed-meshheading:1722205-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:1722205-Enhancer Elements, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:1722205-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:1722205-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:1722205-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:1722205-Nucleic Acid Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:1722205-Plasmids, pubmed-meshheading:1722205-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:1722205-RNA, pubmed-meshheading:1722205-Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:1722205-Restriction Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:1722205-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:1722205-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Characterization of the promoter region of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Genetics, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't