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Abstract
The 5' terminus of the rat preproinsulin II gene exhibits a tissue-dependent DNase I sensitivity. Only in the chromatin froma pancreatic beta-cell tumor, but not in liver, spleen, kidney, or brain chromatin, is a region at and before the 5' end of the gene exposed to cleavage. The region of exposure extends 250-300 base pairs upstream from the 5' terminus of the preproinsulin mRNA. Such a region may allow control sequences special access to regulatory proteins.Entities:
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Year: 1981 PMID: 6262815 PMCID: PMC319174 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.78.3.1577
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205