Murine and Human T-Lymphocyte GATA-3 Factors Mediate Transcription through a cis-Regulatory Element within the Human T-Cell Receptor δ Gene Enhancer

Autor: Ko, L J, Yamamoto, M, Leonard, M W, George, K M, Ting, P, Engel, J D
Rok vydání: 1991
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Zdroj: Molecular and Cellular Biology. 11:2778-2784
ISSN: 1098-5549
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.11.5.2778-2784.1991
Popis: A family of transcriptional activators has recently been identified in chickens; these transcriptional activators recognize a common consensus motif (WGATAR) through a conserved C4 zinc finger DNA-binding domain. One of the members of this multigene family, cGATA-3, is most abundantly expressed in the T-lymphocyte cell lineage. Analysis of human and murine GATA-3 factors shows a striking degree of amino acid sequence identity and similar patterns of tissue specificity of expression in these three organisms. The murine and human factors are abundantly expressed in a variety of human and murine T-cell lines and can activate transcription through a tissue-specific GATA-binding site identified within the human T-cell receptor delta gene enhancer. We infer that the murine and human GATA-3 proteins play a central and highly conserved role in vertebrate T-cell-specific transcriptional regulation.
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