title: Cloning and structural organization of the gene encoding the murine nuclear receptor transcription factor, NURR1.
abstract: NURR1 is an immediate early gene product and a member of the nuclear receptor superfamily of transcription factors. Using the NURR1 cDNA as a probe, we isolated the genomic DNA encoding NURR1 from a mouse 129SvEv genomic library. The NURR1 gene is approximately 6.2 kb long and is organized into 7 exons separated by 6 introns. Structural analysis of the NURR1 reveals that this gene shares a similar structure with that of the nuclear receptor NUR77/NGF1-B. As in NUR77, the promoter region of NURR1 lacks an identifiable TATA box, but is GC-rich. The proximal promoter region also contains an ATF/CREB consensus binding site that may participate in cAMP-mediated induction of this immediate early gene product. Isolation and structural characterization of the NURR1 gene provides information for further developmental and transcriptional regulation studies of this gene.
authors.affiliation: Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Cell Biology, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Saucedo-Cardenas
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kardon
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Ediger
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Lydon
authors.forename: O M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Conneely
mesh_terms: D051697:Activating Transcription Factor 1; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D017362:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D005091:Exons / Q000235:genetics; D007438:Introns / Q000235:genetics; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D057105:Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 4, Group A, Member 1; D057126:Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 4, Group A, Member 2; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D011987:Receptors, Steroid; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D051697:Activating Transcription Factor 1; D017362:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; C539818:Nr4a1 protein, mouse; C539883:Nr4a2 protein, mouse; D057105:Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 4, Group A, Member 1; D057126:Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 4, Group A, Member 2; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D011987:Receptors, Steroid; D014157:Transcription Factors