title: The first untranslated exon of the human tenascin-C gene plays a regulatory role in gene transcription.
abstract: The transcription of the human tenascin-C (TN-C) gene is directed by a single promoter. Here we demonstrate, in transiently transfected cells, that two distinct regions of the untranslated 179 bp-long exon 1 play antagonistic roles in transcriptional regulation: bases from 1 to 20 strongly increase the transcription of the reporter gene CAT directed by the human TN-C gene promoter, while bases from 79 to 179 significantly reduce this activation.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Cell Biology, Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genoa, Italy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gherzi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ponassi
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gaggero
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zardi
mesh_terms: D016475:3T3 Cells; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015816:Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal / Q000235:genetics*; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase / Q000235:genetics; D006224:Cricetinae; D004742:Enhancer Elements, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D005091:Exons / Q000235:genetics*; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D005796:Genes / Q000235:genetics; D017930:Genes, Reporter / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D019063:Tenascin; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D014162:Transfection; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D015816:Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D019063:Tenascin; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase