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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-4-1
pubmed:abstractText
Virus or poly(I).poly(C) induction of human beta-interferon gene expression requires a 40-base-pair DNA sequence designated the interferon gene regulatory element (IRE). Previous studies have shown that the IRE contains both positive and negative regulatory DNA sequences. To localize these sequences and study their interactions, we have examined the effects of a large number of single-base mutations within the IRE on beta-interferon gene regulation. We find that the IRE consists of two genetically separable positive regulatory domains and an overlapping negative control sequence. We propose that the beta-interferon gene is switched off in uninduced cells by a repressor that blocks the interaction between one of the two positive regulatory sequences and a specific transcription factor. Induction would then lead to inactivation or displacement of the repressor and binding of transcription factors to both positive regulatory domains.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0027-8424
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
85
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1447-51
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Overlapping positive and negative regulatory domains of the human beta-interferon gene.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't