title: AT-rich upstream sequence elements regulate spore germination-specific expression of the Dictyostelium discoideum celA gene.
abstract: Two members of a family of spore germination-specific cDNAs, celA and celB, are expressed coordinately, exclusively during spore germination. In the present study the regulatory sequence elements responsible for celA germination-specific expression have been identified. The very AT-rich 81 bp sequence between -664 and -584 upstream of the translation initiation site was required for proper temporal transcription of the celA gene. This sequence is comprised of two cis elements, each of which was active by itself in allowing celA expression. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays showed that a factor(s) in an extract prepared from germinating spores bound to the celA regulatory region. One of the three complexes formed was specific for the germinating spore extract. The results are consistent with the notion that the factor(s) that binds to this regulatory region is involved in expression of celA.
authors.affiliation: Roche Institute of Molecular Biology, Roche Research Center, Nutley, NJ 07110, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ramalingam
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Blume
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ganguly
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Ennis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002480:Cellulase / Q000235:genetics*; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D004023:Dictyostelium / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental / Q000235:genetics; D015966:Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal / Q000235:genetics*; D005800:Genes, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D017930:Genes, Reporter / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D013172:Spores, Fungal / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C074775:CelA endoglucanase; D002480:Cellulase