| Literature DB >> 8475089 |
C F Voliva1, S Tsang, B M Peterlin.
Abstract
Defects in promoters of the nonexpressed DQA2, DQB2, and DOB genes from the class II major histo-compatibility complex were mapped by placing Z and X boxes of these silent genes into a synthetic DRA promoter. These conserved upstream sequences confer B-cell-specific and gamma-interferon-inducible expression to the DRA gene. Since DRA promoters containing the X box from the DQA2 gene and Z boxes from DQA2, DQB2, and DOB genes were neither expressed constitutively in B cells nor inducible by gamma interferon in fibroblastic cells, these conserved upstream sequences are implicated in the transcriptional defects of these silent genes.Entities:
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Year: 1993 PMID: 8475089 PMCID: PMC46309 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.90.8.3408
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205