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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-7-19
pubmed:abstractText
LAP267 is a lacI activator protein (LAP) containing an insertion of the transcriptional activation domain of the herpes simplex virus virion protein 16 within the inducer-binding and dimerization domain of the lac repressor protein. LAP267 strongly induces expression in a conditional manner from a minimal simian virus 40 early promoter linked to lac operator sequences. LAP267 is temperature-sensitive, activating expression at 32 degrees C but not at 39.5 degrees C. It is allosterically regulated in a manner opposite that of wild-type lac repressor, in that LAP267 activity is rescued at the nonpermissive temperature by isopropyl beta-D-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG). Stable mouse cell lines containing both the LAP267 gene and a LAP-inducible chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) reporter gene were readily established and exhibited up to a 1200-fold increase in CAT activity within 24 hr upon addition of IPTG. Thus, LAP267 is a powerful inducible switch in mammalian cells, imparting a regulatory stringency similar to that observed with lac repressor in Escherichia coli.
pubmed:grant
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0027-8424
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
88
pubmed:geneSymbol
lac
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
5072-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
A chimeric mammalian transactivator based on the lac repressor that is regulated by temperature and isopropyl beta-D-thiogalactopyranoside.
pubmed:affiliation
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Princeton, NJ 08544.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't