| Literature DB >> 2492664 |
L E Reid1, A H Brasnett, C S Gilbert, A C Porter, D R Gewert, G R Stark, I M Kerr.
Abstract
Genomic and cDNA clones corresponding to 9-27, a member of the human 1-8 gene family highly inducible by alpha- and gamma-interferons (IFNs), have been isolated and characterized. A 1.7-kilobase genomic clone contains a complete functional gene with two exons, encoding a 125-amino acid polypeptide of unknown function. The 5' flanking region of the gene contains a 13-base-pair IFN-stimulable response element (ISRE), homologous to the ISREs of the 6-16, ISG 15, and ISG 54 genes, which are predominantly inducible by IFN-alpha, beta. Analysis of constructs containing native and mutated ISREs suggests that this motif is essential for the response of 9-27 to IFN-gamma as well as IFN-alpha. Furthermore, the 9-27 (GGAAATAGAAACT) and 6-16 (GGGAAAATGAAACT) ISREs can each confer a response to both types of IFN when placed on the 5' side of a marker gene. Since the 6-16 gene does not normally respond to IFN-gamma, the context of the ISRE must determine the specificity of the response.Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID： 2492664 PMCID： PMC286573 DOI： 10.1073/pnas.86.3.840
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN： 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205