Publication Date:
1998-04-16
Description:
During a B cell immune response, the transcription factor BSAP maintains its activator functions but is relieved of its repressor functions. This selective targeting of BSAP activities was shown to be regulated by a concentration-dependent mechanism whereby activator motifs for BSAP had a 20-fold higher binding affinity than repressor motifs. An exchange of activator and repressor motifs, however, showed that the context of the motif, rather than the affinity, determined whether BSAP operated as an activator or repressor.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Wallin, J J -- Gackstetter, E R -- Koshland, M E -- CA09179/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Mar 20;279(5358):1961-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Immunology Division, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9506950" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Antigens, CD19/genetics
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B-Cell-Specific Activator Protein
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B-Lymphocytes/cytology/immunology/*metabolism
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Binding Sites
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Cell Line
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DNA-Binding Proteins/*genetics/*metabolism
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Gene Expression
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*Gene Expression Regulation
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Genes, Immunoglobulin
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Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains/genetics
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Immunoglobulin J-Chains/genetics
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Mice
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Nuclear Proteins/*genetics/*metabolism
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Phenotype
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Plasma Cells/immunology/metabolism
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Promoter Regions, Genetic
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*Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid
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Repressor Proteins/genetics/metabolism
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Transcription Factors/*metabolism
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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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