Alternate Promoters Direct Tissue-Specific Expression of Erythrocyte Ankyrin Transcripts with Novel NH2-Termini.
Steiner L, Lin J, Owens A, Sangerman J, Bodine D, Gallagher P. Alternate Promoters Direct Tissue-Specific Expression of Erythrocyte Ankyrin Transcripts with Novel NH2-Termini. Blood 2007, 110: 1710. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v110.11.1710.1710.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchExon 1AExon 1bInitiator methionineFirst exonKb downstreamErythroid cellsNH2 terminusDNase I hypersensitive site mappingDirect tissue-specific expressionAmino acidsHypersensitive site mappingTissue-restricted patternTissue-specific expressionExon 1Alternate first exonsQuantitative RT-PCR analysisGATA-1 sitesTissue-specific promotersGene expression studiesLuciferase expressionExon 2 sequencesSkeletal muscleIsoform diversityAnkyrin repeatsAnkyrin-1 mutations