title: Compensatory effect of distal promoter sequences on the basal expression of a microinjected 70-kilodalton heat shock protein gene after the midblastula transition of Xenopus laevis embryogenesis.
abstract: The promoter sequences involved in the basal expression of a human 70-kilodalton heat shock protein (HSP70) gene during Xenopus embryogenesis were analyzed by microinjection of mutant promoters of a HSP70--chloramphenicol acetyltransferase fusion gene into fertilized eggs and following their expression during early development. While deletion of the HSP70 gene promoter to--100 base pairs (bp) did not affect basal transcription in postmidblastula stage embryos, linker-scanner mutations in the CCAAT and purine box elements blocked expression. However, extension of the 5' boundary to--188 bp restored full wild-type expression to these mutants. These results suggest that multiple redundant cis-acting regulatory elements present in the human HSP70 gene promoter can function during Xenopus embryogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Ont., Canada.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ovsenek
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Heikkila
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001755:Blastocyst / Q000378:metabolism*; D005775:Gastrula / Q000378:metabolism; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D008845:Microinjections; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D014982:Xenopus laevis / Q000196:embryology
chemical_list: D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins