title: Identification of an upstream region of the mouse p53 promoter critical for transcriptional expression.
abstract: We have investigated the transcription factor requirements for basal expression of the mouse p53 promoter by using a combination of reporter and electrophoretic mobility shift assays (EMSAs). We have found that only four regions of the promoter bind transcription factors in EMSAs, suggesting that these are the only important factors for basal transcription. These factors are NF1, USF, ETF-like and a novel factor which we have called PF2. Construction of promoter deletion mutants has shown that the absence of the PF2 site completely inactivates the promoter, whereas deletion of other sites, whilst reducing promoter activity, does not. We suggest that this novel transcription factor (PF2) is critical for expression of the mouse p53 promoter.
authors.affiliation: John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra.
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Hale
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Braithwaite
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D002460:Cell Line; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004274:DNA, Recombinant / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D050684:E2F Transcription Factors; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D017930:Genes, Reporter; D016158:Genes, p53; D006801:Humans; D008322:Mammals; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D051839:NFI Transcription Factors; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D056465:Retinoblastoma-Binding Protein 1; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D013045:Species Specificity; D050680:Transcription Factor DP1; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D051720:Upstream Stimulatory Factors
chemical_list: C533431:Arid4a protein, mouse; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D004274:DNA, Recombinant; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D050684:E2F Transcription Factors; D051839:NFI Transcription Factors; D056465:Retinoblastoma-Binding Protein 1; D050680:Transcription Factor DP1; D014157:Transcription Factors; C497181:USF1 protein, human; D051720:Upstream Stimulatory Factors; C497183:Usf1 protein, mouse; C080333:transcription factor nuclear factor 1; D004247:DNA