title: Binding of the c-myb proto-oncogene product to the simian virus 40 enhancer stimulates transcription.
abstract: The proto-oncogene c-myb encodes a nuclear protein which binds to DNA. Here we find that bacterially synthesized c-myb protein binds to one site of the simian virus 40 enhancer. The c-myb protein purified from the human T-cell line, Molt4, was also shown to recognize the same sequence. In co-transfection experiments with a c-myb expression plasmid, tandem repeats of a c-myb-binding sequence were shown to function as a c-myb-dependent enhancer. These results indicate the c-myb protein is a simian virus 40 enhancer-binding protein that can positively regulate transcription.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Tsukuba Life Science Center, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakagoshi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagase
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kanei-Ishii
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ueno
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ishii
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D004742:Enhancer Elements, Genetic; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D010957:Plasmids; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D020598:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myb; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D013539:Simian virus 40 / Q000235:genetics*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: C000715470:MAS1 protein, human; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D020598:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myb; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases