First Author | Karpov V | Year | 1996 |
Journal | J Neurosci Res | Volume | 44 |
Issue | 2 | Pages | 115-23 |
PubMed ID | 8723219 | Mgi Jnum | J:32713 |
Mgi Id | MGI:80201 | Doi | 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19960415)44:2<115::AID-JNR3>3.0.CO;2-G |
Citation | Karpov V, et al. (1996) Three different states of the chromatin structure of the mouse peripherin gene. J Neurosci Res 44(2):115-23 |
abstractText | The chromatin structure of the mouse peripherin gene domain was analyzed in peripherin-positive and -negative cell lines. At least nine DNase I hypersensitive sites (HSS) are present within the 20-kb peripherin domain in the mouse neuroblastoma cell lines which express peripherin. Three of them are situated in intron I and intron III, the others being distributed within the 5' flanking region up to -5.5 kb. The presence of these sites was also investigated in the peripherin chromatin domain of peripherin-negative cell lines. Two other types of HSS distribution were observed along the peripherin gene according to the category of cell considered: constantly peripherin-negative cells, or negative cells arising from transiently peripherin-expressing precursors. From comparison of HSS patterns in these cell lines with those of neuroblastoma cells, it can be predicted that HSS located in the region -1500/+800 bp participate in cell-specific expression of the mouse peripherin gene. |