title: Alternative activation of transcriptional initiators in Drosophila melanogaster LINE promoters.
abstract: In the Drosophila I, F and Doc LINEs, basal transcription is ensured by the functional interaction of initiator sequences with intragenic regulatory segments (B regions) which comprise distinct functional modules. Removing the B regions, as changing their composition or location, allowed different activators to stimulate transcription from novel initiators both in Doc and F promoters. The use of distinct initiators plausibly reflects the assembly of transcriptional complexes in which TFIID assumes alternative spatial conformations. The response of I, F and Doc promoters to the same enhancer is significantly influenced by the number, position and type of core elements present.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Biologia e Patologia Cellulare e Molecolare L. Califano, Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Minchiotti
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Di Nocera
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D017930:Genes, Reporter; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D035362:Transcription Factor TFIID; D019473:Transcription Factors, TFII / Q000378:metabolism; D015533:Transcriptional Activation; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D035362:Transcription Factor TFIID; D019473:Transcription Factors, TFII; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase