2000
The human ankyrin-1 gene is selectively transcribed in erythroid cell lines despite the presence of a housekeeping-like promoter
Gallagher P, Romana M, Tse W, Lux S, Forget B. The human ankyrin-1 gene is selectively transcribed in erythroid cell lines despite the presence of a housekeeping-like promoter. Blood 2000, 96: 1136-1143. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v96.3.1136.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHuman ankyrin-1 geneGATA-1Ankyrin-1 geneErythroid promoterPromoter/reporter plasmidsMultiple transcription initiation sitesElectrophoretic mobility shift assaysHousekeeping gene promoterRegulation of genesCCAAT consensus sequencesTranscription initiation siteMobility shift assaysReporter gene expressionGATA-1 sitesFlanking genomic DNAErythroid cell linesAntibody supershift experimentsCell linesErythrocyte membrane proteinsTissue culture cell linesCACCC siteSp1 sitesMembrane proteinsPromoter sequencesAnkyrin geneThe human ankyrin-1 gene is selectively transcribed in erythroid cell lines despite the presence of a housekeeping-like promoter.
Gallagher P, Romana M, Tse W, Lux S, Forget B. The human ankyrin-1 gene is selectively transcribed in erythroid cell lines despite the presence of a housekeeping-like promoter. Blood 2000, 96: 1136-43. PMID: 10910934, DOI: 10.1182/blood.v96.3.1136.015k48_1136_1143.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman ankyrin-1 geneGATA-1Ankyrin-1 geneErythroid promoterPromoter/reporter plasmidsMultiple transcription initiation sitesElectrophoretic mobility shift assaysHousekeeping gene promoterRegulation of genesCCAAT consensus sequencesTranscription initiation siteMobility shift assaysReporter gene expressionGATA-1 sitesErythroid cell linesAntibody supershift experimentsCell linesErythrocyte membrane proteinsTissue culture cell linesCACCC siteSp1 sitesMembrane proteinsPromoter sequencesAnkyrin geneHTF island
1999
A Human β-Spectrin Gene Promoter Directs High Level Expression in Erythroid but Not Muscle or Neural Cells*
Gallagher P, Sabatino D, Romana M, Cline A, Garrett L, Bodine D, Forget B. A Human β-Spectrin Gene Promoter Directs High Level Expression in Erythroid but Not Muscle or Neural Cells*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 1999, 274: 6062-6073. PMID: 10037687, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.10.6062.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBeta-spectrin geneGene promoterHigh-level expressionGATA-1Regulatory elementsReporter geneErythroid tissuesPromoter/reporter plasmidsGel mobility shift assaysLevel expressionGATA-1 motifsFull promoter activityTissue-specific expressionMobility shift assaysAdditional regulatory elementsErythrocyte membrane proteinsHuman tissue culture cell linesTissue culture cell linesErythroid promoterMembrane proteinsShift assaysBeta spectrinHeterologous cellsCell shapeDNase I
1998
An Alternate Promoter Directs Expression of a Truncated, Muscle-specific Isoform of the Human Ankyrin 1 Gene*
Gallagher P, Forget B. An Alternate Promoter Directs Expression of a Truncated, Muscle-specific Isoform of the Human Ankyrin 1 Gene*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 1998, 273: 1339-1348. PMID: 9430667, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.3.1339.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlternative SplicingAmino Acid SequenceAnkyrinsBase SequenceCloning, MolecularDNA, ComplementaryErythroid Precursor CellsExonsGene Expression RegulationHumansMolecular Sequence DataMuscle, SkeletalMusclesMyocardiumMyoD ProteinPromoter Regions, GeneticRecombinant ProteinsTranscriptional ActivationConceptsKilobase pairsMuscle cDNADeduced amino acid sequenceCorresponding chromosomal geneHydrophobic NH2 terminusCultured C2C12 muscle cellsHuman ankyrin-1 geneSkeletal muscle cDNADNA-protein interactionsE-box consensusAmino acid sequenceK562 cellsMuscle-specific isoformPromoter directs expressionC2C12 muscle cellsAnkyrin-1 geneReporter gene plasmidHigh-level expressionNorthern blot analysisErythroid genesErythrocyte membrane proteinsSingle Sp1Erythroid promoterAlternative splicingRich promoter
1997
Structure and Organization of the Human Ankyrin-1 Gene BASIS FOR COMPLEXITY OF PRE-mRNA PROCESSING*
Gallagher P, Tse W, Scarpa A, Lux S, Forget B. Structure and Organization of the Human Ankyrin-1 Gene BASIS FOR COMPLEXITY OF PRE-mRNA PROCESSING*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 1997, 272: 19220-19228. PMID: 9235914, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.31.19220.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenomic structureANK-1 geneSpectrin-binding domainMembrane-binding domainIntron/exon boundariesAlternative polyadenylation signalsPre-mRNA processingBrain-specific transcriptFurther genetic studiesErythrocyte membrane proteinsErythroid transcriptsCommon hemolytic anemiaGene basisAlternative splicingRegulatory domainProtein domainsChromosomal genesMembrane proteinsKilobase pairsPolyadenylation signalMembrane skeletonPlasma membraneExon boundariesGenetic studiesAnkyrin 1
1992
A common type of the spectrin alpha I 46-50a-kD peptide abnormality in hereditary elliptocytosis and pyropoikilocytosis is associated with a mutation distant from the proteolytic cleavage site. Evidence for the functional importance of the triple helical model of spectrin.
Gallagher PG, Tse WT, Coetzer T, Lecomte MC, Garbarz M, Zarkowsky HS, Baruchel A, Ballas SK, Dhermy D, Palek J. A common type of the spectrin alpha I 46-50a-kD peptide abnormality in hereditary elliptocytosis and pyropoikilocytosis is associated with a mutation distant from the proteolytic cleavage site. Evidence for the functional importance of the triple helical model of spectrin. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 1992, 89: 892-898. PMID: 1541680, PMCID: PMC442935, DOI: 10.1172/jci115669.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProteolytic cleavage sitesAlpha-spectrin chainTriple helical modelCleavage siteHelix 2Helix-breaking proline substitutionsHereditary elliptocytosisAlpha iAlpha-spectrin geneAlpha-helical structureAmino-terminal sideHereditary pyropoikilocytosisHelical modelErythrocyte membrane proteinsLimited tryptic digestionMembrane proteinsSpectrin repeatsDNA sequencesSpectrin chainsHelix 3Position 207Leucine residuesFunctional importanceProline substitutionPoint mutations