title: Characterization of the 5'-flanking regions of the sea anemone ADP ribosylation factor 1 and actin genes.
abstract: The 5'-flanking regions of the sea anemone, Aiptasia pulchella (ap) ARF1 gene showed the absence of a TATA box. The transcriptional start site determined by 5' rapid amplification of cDNA ends (5'RACE) is located 75 base pairs upstream of the translational start site. Transfection experiments in HeLa and COS-7 cells demonstrate that all the elements required to achieve significant basal transcription activity are located between position -208 and -88 relative to the transcriptional start site. There are three consensus initiator (Inr) elements for TATA-less promoter around the transcriptional start site of the apARF1 gene (+29, -158, and -226) that are likely to play roles in the regulation. For the apactin gene, the 5'-flanking region contains a TATA box located 30 base pairs upstream of the transcriptional start site. The transient transfection of apactin/luciferase deletion constructs revealed that the TATA box indeed is necessary for full expression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Planning and Research, National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Pintung, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Jimmy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kuo
authors.forename: Lee-Shing
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Chorng-Horng
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D024506:5' Flanking Region / Q000235:genetics*; D020823:ADP-Ribosylation Factor 1 / Q000235:genetics*; D000199:Actins / Q000235:genetics*; D000818:Animals; D020029:Base Pairing; D001483:Base Sequence; D019556:COS Cells; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012615:Sea Anemones / Q000235:genetics*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D020823:ADP-Ribosylation Factor 1