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ArticleDevelopmental and comparative immunology2008

Interaction between E-protein and Oct transcription factors in the function of the catfish IGH enhancer.

Jun-Ichi Hikima, Mara L Lennard Richard, Melanie R Wilson, Norman W Miller, Gregory W Warr

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Article in Developmental and comparative immunology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Dissecting teleost B cell differentiation using transcription factors.Developmental and comparative immunology · 2011
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jun-Ichi HikimaMarine Biomedicine and Environmental Sciences Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29412, USA.
Mara L Lennard Richard
Melanie R Wilson
Norman W Miller
Gregory W Warr
Medical University of South Carolina · USUniversity of Mississippi Medical Center · US

Funding

Immunologic Studies in Ectothermin VertebratesR01AI019530 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER · PI MILLER, NORMAN W. · 1985 to 2006
$1.9M
IgH Enhancer Function in an Ectothermic VertebrateR01GM062317 · NIGMS · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI WARR, GREGORY W · 2001 to 2004
$954k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI019530NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM062317NIGMS NIH HHS R01-GM62317PHS HHS R01-AL-19530
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transcriptional control of the immunoglobulin heavy chain (IGH) locus in the channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, is incompletely understood. It is, however, known that 2 variant octamer motifs and a microE5 motif in the core region of the enhancer (Emicro3') are important in driving transcription, and it has been suggested that interaction between transcription factors (Oct factors and E-proteins) bound to these sites contributes to enhancer function. In this study, the functional relationships between the microE5 motif, the proximal octamer motif, and the factors that bind them have been examined. The results of mutational analysis of these motifs showed that their interaction is important to driving transcription from the enhancer. Furthermore, the catfish Oct transcription factors were capable of a physical interaction with the catfish E-proteins. These results support a role for interaction between transcription factors bound to the octamer and microE5 motifs in the function of the Emicro3' enhancer.

Indexed as

AnimalsBase SequenceCatfishesEnhancer Elements, GeneticFish ProteinsImmunoglobulin Heavy ChainsMolecular Sequence DataMutationProtein BindingTranscriptional ActivationTranscription FactorsFish ProteinsImmunoglobulin Heavy ChainsTranscription Factors

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PMID18511119
PMCPMC2519051
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