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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-8-31
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Homeobox genes code for transcription factors and are arranged in clusters, named A, B, C and D, found on four separate chromosomes in vertebrates. They contain a homeobox DNA sequence which codes for the homeodomain, a region of amino acids responsible for the DNA binding exhibited by these proteins. During embryonic development, the homeobox genes are both spatially and temporally regulated. In teratocarcinoma cell cultures, homeobox genes are regulated by retinoic acid (RA). The cDNAs from the first gene in the human HOX A cluster, HOX A1 (1.6), were cloned and the nucleotide sequence of a full-length cDNA was determined. It is highly homologous to its murine counterpart. Another HOX A1 cDNA was cloned, corresponding to an alternatively spliced form. In vitro translation of the full-length cDNA clone gave rise to a protein of 36 kDa. In PA-1 human teratocarcinoma cells HOX A1 is the earliest HOX A gene to be expressed after treatment with RA. To test whether HOX A1 could function as a early regulator of other HOX A cluster genes, we cotransfected into PA-1 human teratocarcinoma cells sense and antisense HOX A1 cDNAs expressed from an SV40 promoter with a 5.4-kb RA-sensitive HOX A4 (1.4) promoter-cat reporter. We found no effect of HOX A1 on the HOX A4 promoter. However, cotransfection of HOX A5 (1.3) was able to inhibit the HOX A4 promoter activity.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0378-1119
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
4
pubmed:volume
159
pubmed:geneSymbol
HOX A1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
209-14
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7622051-Alternative Splicing, pubmed-meshheading:7622051-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7622051-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7622051-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:7622051-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:7622051-Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:7622051-Genes, Homeobox, pubmed-meshheading:7622051-Homeodomain Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7622051-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:7622051-Models, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:7622051-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:7622051-Multigene Family, pubmed-meshheading:7622051-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:7622051-Sequence Analysis, DNA, pubmed-meshheading:7622051-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:7622051-Species Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:7622051-Teratocarcinoma, pubmed-meshheading:7622051-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:7622051-Tretinoin, pubmed-meshheading:7622051-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Structure and function of the HOX A1 human homeobox gene cDNA.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Tumor Biology, University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.