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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-1-21
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Mash1 is a transcription factor required during embryogenesis for the development of multiple neural lineages. It is expressed in restricted domains at specific stages in the developing central and peripheral nervous systems and in the developing olfactory epithelium. We have investigated the regulation of Mash1 expression during embryogenesis using transgenic mice containing Mash1/lacZ reporter constructs. Cis-acting regulatory elements controlling Mash1 expression in the central nervous system are located within an 8-kb sequence upstream of the Mash1 coding region. This 8-kb sequence does not contain elements directing expression to the peripheral nervous system, olfactory epithelium, or retina. Sequences outside this 8 kb but within 36 kb of the Mash1 locus contain elements responsible for expression in the autonomic division of the peripheral nervous system. However, transgene expression in embryos containing the 36-kb sequence was never detected in the olfactory epithelium and retina. Thus, regulatory elements driving expression in these lineages may be at even greater distances from the Mash1 coding region. These data provide evidence for complex regulation of Mash1 expression in which multiple lineage-specific cis-acting regulatory regions span greater than 36 kb of the Mash1 locus. Further characterization of these regions will facilitate the study of factors that regulate the temporal and spatial expression of Mash1 during development. In addition, the regulatory sequences identified here can direct expression of heterologous genes to developing neural lineages that normally express Mash1, thus providing an important tool for examining the function of candidate regulatory genes in mammalian nervous system development.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0012-1606
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
180
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
605-17
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8954731-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8954731-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8954731-Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:8954731-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8954731-Drosophila, pubmed-meshheading:8954731-Embryonic and Fetal Development, pubmed-meshheading:8954731-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:8954731-Genes, Reporter, pubmed-meshheading:8954731-Helix-Loop-Helix Motifs, pubmed-meshheading:8954731-Lac Operon, pubmed-meshheading:8954731-Mammals, pubmed-meshheading:8954731-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:8954731-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:8954731-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8954731-Nervous System, pubmed-meshheading:8954731-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:8954731-Organ Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:8954731-Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:8954731-Species Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:8954731-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:8954731-Transcription Factors
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Lineage-specific regulation of the neural differentiation gene MASH1.
pubmed:affiliation
Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, Texas, 75235-9111, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't