Evidence map›Paper›PMID 1989880›Full record

ArticleThe EMBO journal1991

Identification and cloning of TCF-1, a T lymphocyte-specific transcription factor containing a sequence-specific HMG box.

M van de Wetering, M Oosterwegel, D Dooijes, H Clevers

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Article in The EMBO journal, 1991. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 199 papers.

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199citing papers in PubMed
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

M van de WeteringDepartment of Clinical Immunology, University Hospital Utrecht, The Netherlands.
M Oosterwegel
D Dooijes
H Clevers

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

CD3-epsilon expression is controlled by a downstream T lymphocyte-specific enhancer element. We report the identification of a T cell-specific transcription factor, TCF-1, binding to this element. The multimerized recognition motif of TCF-1 constituted a T cell-specific enhancer. Subsequent cloning of TCF-1 identified three splice alternatives. TCF-1 contained a single DNA-binding HMG box most closely related to similar boxes in the putative mammalian sex-determining gene SRY and in the Schizosaccharomyces pombe Mc mating type gene. TCF-1 mRNA was expressed uniquely in T lymphocytes. Upon cotransfection into non-T cells, TCF-1 could transactivate through its cognate motif. These results identify TCF-1 as a T cell-specific transcription factor, which might play a role in the establishment of the mature T cell phenotype.

Indexed as

Enhancer Elements, GeneticAmino Acid SequenceBase SequenceBinding SitesCell LineCell NucleusCloning, MolecularDNA-Binding ProteinsEscherichia coliHumansMolecular Sequence DataOligonucleotide ProbesRecombinant ProteinsRNA SplicingSequence Homology, Nucleic AcidT Cell Transcription Factor 1DNA-Binding ProteinsOligonucleotide ProbesRecombinant ProteinsT Cell Transcription Factor 1TCF7 protein, humanTranscription Factors

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PMID1989880
PMCPMC452620
OpenAlexW1955427151

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