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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2-3
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-11-3
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
In the brain inwardly rectifying potassium channel Kir7.1 subunits are predominantly expressed in the choroid plexus and meninges. To investigate this tissue-specific expression pattern, we characterized the genomic organization and the 5' proximal promoter of the rat Kir7.1 gene (Kcnj13). Starting from the major transcriptional initiation site, three exons in Kcnj13 give rise to the dominant approximately 1.45 kb transcript in brain. Adjacent to the transcriptional start the minimal promoter which, uncommon for ion channels, contains a TATA- and CAAT-box is controlled by AP-1 factors and accounts for high gene expression levels. Luciferase reporter gene responses driven by the first 2.1 kb of the 5' flanking region were similarly high in epithelial FRTL-5 and neuronal N2A cells, suggesting that neuron-specific repressor elements are located remote from the non-selective minimal promoter.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0014-5793
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
20
pubmed:volume
483
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
93-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11042260-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11042260-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11042260-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:11042260-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:11042260-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:11042260-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:11042260-Exons, pubmed-meshheading:11042260-Genes, pubmed-meshheading:11042260-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11042260-Introns, pubmed-meshheading:11042260-Luciferases, pubmed-meshheading:11042260-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:11042260-Potassium Channels, pubmed-meshheading:11042260-Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying, pubmed-meshheading:11042260-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:11042260-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:11042260-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11042260-Sequence Analysis, DNA, pubmed-meshheading:11042260-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:11042260-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Genomic structure and promoter analysis of the rat kir7.1 potassium channel gene (Kcnj13).
pubmed:affiliation
Molecular Neurobiology of Signal Transduction, Max-Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, D-37070 Göttingen, Germany. fdoerin@gwdg.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't