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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5 Pt 1
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-6-14
pubmed:abstractText
The promoter region of the human dopamine beta-hydroxylase (DBH) gene was analyzed in transgenic mice to identify DNA sequences responsible for the tissue- and cell-specific expression of the gene. Transgenic mice were generated that carried the Escherichia coli lacZ gene under control of DBH promoter fragments between 0.6 and 5.8 kilobases (kb) in length. Sequences required for expression in adult and fetal noradrenergic neurons were located between 0.6 and 1.1 kb 5' to the DBH transcriptional start site. Sequences in this region and farther upstream also directed expression to dopaminergic and noncatecholaminergic brain neurons that was repressed by negative elements elsewhere in the gene. The results indicate that the neuron-specific expression of the DBH gene is mediated by positive regulatory elements but that negative elements are required to restrict expression to the proper subset of neurons.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0270-6474
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:geneSymbol
lacZ
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2455-63
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Cell-specific expression from the human dopamine beta-hydroxylase promoter in transgenic mice is controlled via a combination of positive and negative regulatory elements.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Reproductive Physiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.