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
2000
A Minimal Ankyrin Promoter Linked to a Human γ-Globin Gene Demonstrates Erythroid Specific Copy Number Dependent Expression with Minimal Position or Enhancer Dependence in Transgenic Mice*
Sabatino D, Wong C, Cline A, Pyle L, Garrett L, Gallagher P, Bodine D. A Minimal Ankyrin Promoter Linked to a Human γ-Globin Gene Demonstrates Erythroid Specific Copy Number Dependent Expression with Minimal Position or Enhancer Dependence in Transgenic Mice*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2000, 275: 28549-28554. PMID: 10878017, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m004043200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnkyrin promoterPosition-independent expressionErythroid cellsGlobin genesGlobin mRNAHuman γ-globin genesMouse alpha-globin mRNABeta-globin locus control regionAdult erythroid cellsANK-1 geneΓ-globin geneCopy number-dependent expressionLocus control regionErythroid-specific expressionAlpha-globin mRNAFetal erythroid cellsNumber-dependent expressionGlobin mRNA expressionErythrocyte membrane skeletonTransgene copy numberHS2 enhancerTransgenic linesGlobin transgenesControl regionTransgenic mice