title: The presence of sequence-specific protein binding sites correlate with replication activity and matrix binding in a 1.7 Kb-long DNA fragment of the chicken alpha-globin gene domain.
abstract: Several recognition sites for novel sequence-specific DNA-binding proteins were found at the 5'-side of the chicken alpha-globin gene domain in a 1.7 Kbp DNA fragment. This fragment includes the replication origin, a non tissue-specific transcriptional enhancer, a DNAse I hypersensitive site and a permanent site of DNA attachment to the nuclear matrix. Most of the identified protein binding sites differ from previously known consensus sequences. Two sites coincide with MARs located at the 5'-end of the 1.7 kbp fragment. The proteins interacting with these two recognition sites were observed only in proliferating cells and were virtually absent in the extracts obtained from the nonreplicating differentiated form of the same cells. One of them seems to belong to the GATA protein family, but its presence in nuclear extracts correlates with cell proliferation rather than expression of the domain.
authors.affiliation: Institut Jacques Monod, Université Paris, France.
authors.forename: C V
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: de Moura Gallo
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Vassetzky
authors.forename: F R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Targa
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Georgiev
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Scherrer
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Razin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D002460:Cell Line; D002645:Chickens; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D004261:DNA Replication; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004742:Enhancer Elements, Genetic; D005796:Genes; D005914:Globins / Q000235:genetics*; D008745:Methylation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D010957:Plasmids; D015183:Restriction Mapping
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D005914:Globins; D004247:DNA