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- Bemark, Mats, et al.
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Diverse transcription factors are involved in the quantitative regulation of transcriptional activation of κ promoters
- 1997
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In: European Journal of Immunology. - : Wiley. - 0014-2980 .- 1521-4141. ; 27:6, s. 1308-1318
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Immunoglobulin κ promoters show sequence divergence but conserved function between different subgroups. Here we show that three separate 5' elements are required for synergistic stimulation of transcription with the decamer in a κ promoter. These sites are a 5' E-box, a 3' AT-rich region in the pentadecamer (pd) element, and the κ-Y element. Elf-1 is a novel κ-Y element ligand induced upon mitogenic stimulation of resting B lymphocytes. Furthermore, the 5' E2A-like E-box in the pd element could be substituted by an upstream stimulatory factor motif with conservation of function. Thus, the synergistic activation requirements of κ transcription is strictly dependent on the quantitative presence of transcription factor-binding motifs 5' of the decamer, but these differ qualitatively in that they may bind an array of proteins with conserved function.
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