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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-3-1
pubmed:abstractText
From a repertoire of approximately 2000 odorant receptor (OR) alleles in the mouse genome, a mature olfactory sensory neuron (OSN) is thought to choose only one functional allele of one OR gene for expression. OSNs that express a given OR gene are scattered throughout an epithelial region that is gene specific. The DNA sequences that enable OR gene choice and specify the epithelial pattern are not known. Within the upstream regions of several mouse, rat, and human OR genes, we have previously recognized putative homeodomain and O/E-like binding sites in proximity to each other. Here, we define a minimal promoter region for expression of the mouse OR gene M71 with small transgenes. This region contains a homeodomain and an O/E-like binding site. Combined mutations in both sites abolish transgene expression. When identical mutations are introduced at the endogenous M71 locus by gene targeting, the number of M71-expressing OSNs is reduced by a factor of three and the epithelial pattern is ventralized. The stronger impact observed with the mutant transgenes compared to the targeted mutations may reflect a multiplicity of regulatory sites within the OR gene cluster. We propose that these homeodomain and O/E sites regulate the probability of M71 gene choice differentially across the olfactory epithelium.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1044-7431
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
28
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
535-46
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15737743-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15737743-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:15737743-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:15737743-Female, pubmed-meshheading:15737743-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:15737743-Gene Targeting, pubmed-meshheading:15737743-Male, pubmed-meshheading:15737743-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:15737743-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:15737743-Mice, Inbred CBA, pubmed-meshheading:15737743-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:15737743-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:15737743-Multigene Family, pubmed-meshheading:15737743-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:15737743-Olfactory Mucosa, pubmed-meshheading:15737743-Olfactory Receptor Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:15737743-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:15737743-Receptors, Odorant, pubmed-meshheading:15737743-Transgenes
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
The promoter of the mouse odorant receptor gene M71.
pubmed:affiliation
The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't