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Prediction and Validation of Gene Regulatory Elements Activated During Retinoic Acid Induced Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation
Published on: June 21, 2016
Mouse retinoic acid receptor alpha 2 isoform is transcribed from a promoter that contains a retinoic acid response
P Leroy1, H Nakshatri, P Chambon
1Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire des Eucaryotes, Unité 184 de Biologie Moléculaire et de Génie Génétique, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Strasbourg, France.
Abstract:
We have characterized the promoter of the mouse retinoic acid receptor alpha 2 (mRAR-alpha 2) isoform. This promoter contains a retinoic acid response element (RARE) that closely resembles the RARE that is present in the RAR-beta 2 promoter. Moreover, RAR-alpha 2 and RAR-beta 2 proximal promoter sequences are similar to each other and generate transcripts whose respective start sites are located at similar positions. The RAR-alpha 2 RARE consists of two directly repeated 5'-GTTCA-3' motifs to which all three RARs (alpha, beta, and gamma) bind in vitro.
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