2008
An insulator with barrier-element activity promotes α-spectrin gene expression in erythroid cells
Gallagher PG, Nilson DG, Steiner LA, Maksimova YD, Lin JY, Bodine DM. An insulator with barrier-element activity promotes α-spectrin gene expression in erythroid cells. Blood 2008, 113: 1547-1554. PMID: 19008453, PMCID: PMC2644083, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2008-06-164954.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntron 1Erythroid cellsErythrocyte membrane protein genesExon 1Chicken HS4 insulatorGamma-globin proteinChromatin immunoprecipitation assaysEarly erythroid developmentMembrane protein geneAlpha-spectrin geneTissue-specific expressionMembrane biogenesisErythroid developmentGlobin genesHS4 insulatorImmunoprecipitation assaysProtein geneReporter geneGene expressionDevelopmental stagesGenesPromoterAdult erythrocytesExpressionSpectrin
2003
Variegated Expression from the Murine Band 3 (AE1) Promoter in Transgenic Mice Is Associated with mRNA Transcript Initiation at Upstream Start Sites and Can Be Suppressed by the Addition of the Chicken β-Globin 5′ HS4 Insulator Element
Frazar TF, Weisbein JL, Anderson SM, Cline AP, Garrett LJ, Felsenfeld G, Gallagher PG, Bodine DM. Variegated Expression from the Murine Band 3 (AE1) Promoter in Transgenic Mice Is Associated with mRNA Transcript Initiation at Upstream Start Sites and Can Be Suppressed by the Addition of the Chicken β-Globin 5′ HS4 Insulator Element. Molecular And Cellular Biology 2003, 23: 4753-4763. PMID: 12832463, PMCID: PMC162203, DOI: 10.1128/mcb.23.14.4753-4763.2003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStart siteGamma-globin mRNAUpstream start siteVariegated expressionInsulator elementsHuman gamma-globin geneGamma-globin proteinPosition-effect variegationGamma-globin geneErythroid-specific expressionHS4 insulator elementsBeta-globin clusterHigh steady-state levelsTransgenic mouse assaysErythrocyte membrane skeletonTransgenic miceTransgene copy numberTranscript initiationCytoplasmic domainTransmembrane proteinSteady-state levelsRNA transcriptionMembrane skeletonGene promoterBeta spectrin