title: Identification of tissue specific nuclear proteins: DNA sequence and protein binding regions in the T cell receptor beta J-C intron.
abstract: We have determined the DNA sequences in the J2-C2 intron of the T cell receptor (TCR) beta gene and analyzed nuclear proteins binding to this region. Previously, we identified two tissue-specific DNase I hypersensitive regions, potential regulatory regions, in the J-C intron. The DNA sequence of the J2-C2 intron revealed that both DNase I hypersensitive regions have similar DNA sequences, suggesting that these regions are evolutionarily conserved. We have also identified tissue-specific nuclear-protein binding regions downstream of the DNase hypersensitive regions. Although transcriptional enhancer activity was not observed in the hypersensitive regions or the adjacent protein binding regions in the J-C intron, our findings suggest that the TCR-beta J-C intron may contain some other type of regulatory element.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Maxam
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Greene
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D005091:Exons; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D007438:Introns; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D011066:Poly C / Q000235:genetics; D011485:Protein Binding; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell; D011066:Poly C; D004247:DNA