title: Dependence of enhancer-mediated transcription of the immunoglobulin mu gene on nuclear matrix attachment regions.
abstract: Transcription of the immunoglobulin mu heavy chain locus is regulated by an intronic enhancer that is flanked on both sides by nuclear matrix attachment regions (MARs). These MARs have now been shown to be essential for transcription of a rearranged mu gene in transgenic B lymphocytes, but they were not required in stably transfected tissue culture cells. Normal rates of transcriptional initiation at a variable region promoter and the formation of an extended deoxyribonuclease I (DNase I)--sensitive chromatin domain were dependent on MARs, although DNase I hypersensitivity at the enhancer was detected in the absence of MARs. Thus, transcriptional activation of the mu gene during normal lymphoid development requires a synergistic collaboration between the enhancer and flanking MARs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) 94143-0414.
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Forrester
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: van Genderen
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jenuwein
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Grosschedl
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D004742:Enhancer Elements, Genetic; D015321:Gene Rearrangement; D005803:Genes, Immunoglobulin; D007148:Immunoglobulin mu-Chains / Q000235:genetics*; D007438:Introns; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015530:Nuclear Matrix / Q000378:metabolism*; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D015533:Transcriptional Activation; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D007148:Immunoglobulin mu-Chains