Publication Date:
1991-01-11
Description:
The c-fos serum response element (SRE) is a primary nuclear target for intracellular signal transduction pathways triggered by growth factors. It is the target for both protein kinase C (PKC)-dependent and -independent signals. Function of the SRE requires binding of a cellular protein, termed serum response factor (SRF). A second protein, p62TCF, recognizes the SRE-SRF complex to form a ternary complex. A mutated SRE that bound SRF but failed to form the ternary complex selectively lost response to PKC activators, but retained response to PKC-independent signals. Thus, two different signaling pathways act through discrete nuclear targets at the SRE. At least one of these pathways functions by recruitment of a pathway-specific accessory factor (p62TCF). These results offer a molecular mechanism to account for the biological specificity of signals that appear to act through common DNA sequence elements.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Graham, R -- Gilman, M -- AI27270/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- CA45642/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- CA46370/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Jan 11;251(4990):189-92.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY 11724.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1898992" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Base Sequence
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Binding Sites
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Blood
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Cell Line
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DNA/metabolism
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*Enhancer Elements, Genetic
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Mice
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Mice, Inbred BALB C
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Mutagenesis
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Nuclear Proteins/*metabolism
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Promoter Regions, Genetic/genetics
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Protein Kinase C/metabolism
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Proto-Oncogene Proteins/*genetics
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Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos
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Second Messenger Systems
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Serum Response Factor
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*Signal Transduction
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Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate/pharmacology
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Transfection
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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