title: Organization, sequence and regulation of expression of the murine Hoxa-7 gene.
abstract: The genomic sequence of Hoxa-7 (encoding the HOXa-7 homeobox protein), including the coding region (0.7 kb), flanked by a 5'-upstream region (2.8 kb), a 3'-downstream region (1 kb) and interrupted by an intron (995 bp), was determined. Northern blot analysis indicated the transcript size of Hoxa-7 to be 2.1-2.4 kb. Reverse transcription-PCR and primer extension analysis established the 5'-boundary of the mRNA to be in the region 1166 nt upstream from the start codon. Transient transfection of various Hoxa-7::cat constructs in NIH 3T3 cells was used to characterize the transcriptional activity of the 5'-flanking region of the gene. Constructs containing 544, 274 and 71 bp of the region upstream from the transcription start point (tsp) exhibited 78, 203 and 407%, respectively, of the activity shown by a control construct containing 739 bp of the upstream region. These data suggested the presence of negative regulatory elements in the region from 544 to 71 bp upstream from the tsp.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Biochemical Genetics, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Parikh
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hilt
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Peterkofsky
mesh_terms: D016475:3T3 Cells; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D005796:Genes / Q000235:genetics; D005801:Genes, Homeobox / Q000235:genetics*; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009875:Operator Regions, Genetic; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D018398:Homeodomain Proteins