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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
19
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-12-7
pubmed:abstractText
In an attempt to find the mechanism by which CpG islands remain free of methylation we have undertaken a detailed examination of the mouse adenine phosphoribosyltransferase (aprt) gene. This housekeeping gene has a CpG island that extends over the gene promoter and includes the first two exons. We show that the island is free of methylation at all CpGs, whereas the flanks are methyated. Detailed patterns of methylation beyond the boundaries of the CpG island vary between cells. In vivo footprinting across the island region shows that three GC boxes clustered at the 5' edge of the CpG island are occupied, most probably by Sp1. No other footprints are detected within the island region. Deletion or mutagenesis of the Sp1 sites causes de novo methylation of the CpG island in a transgenic mouse assay. Thus, the peripherally located Sp1 sites are necessary to keep the aprt island methylation free.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0890-9369
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:geneSymbol
aprt
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2282-92
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-9-29
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7958895-Adenine Phosphoribosyltransferase, pubmed-meshheading:7958895-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7958895-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7958895-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:7958895-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:7958895-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:7958895-Female, pubmed-meshheading:7958895-Male, pubmed-meshheading:7958895-Methylation, pubmed-meshheading:7958895-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:7958895-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:7958895-Mice, Inbred CBA, pubmed-meshheading:7958895-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:7958895-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:7958895-Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, pubmed-meshheading:7958895-Nucleosomes, pubmed-meshheading:7958895-Oligodeoxyribonucleotides, pubmed-meshheading:7958895-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:7958895-Sequence Deletion, pubmed-meshheading:7958895-Sp1 Transcription Factor
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Sp1 sites in the mouse aprt gene promoter are required to prevent methylation of the CpG island.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't