Publication Date:
1998-01-07
Description:
A Sonic hedgehog (Shh) response element was identified in the chicken ovalbumin upstream promoter-transcription factor II (COUP-TFII) promoter that binds to a factor distinct from Gli, a gene known to mediate Shh signaling. Although this binding activity is specifically stimulated by Shh-N (amino-terminal signaling domain), it can also be unmasked with protein phosphatase treatment in the mouse cell line P19, and induction by Shh-N can be blocked by phosphatase inhibitors. Thus, Shh-N signaling may result in dephosphorylation of a target factor that is required for activation of COUP-TFII-, Islet1-, and Gli response element-dependent gene expression. This finding identifies another step in the Shh-N signaling pathway.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Krishnan, V -- Pereira, F A -- Qiu, Y -- Chen, C H -- Beachy, P A -- Tsai, S Y -- Tsai, M J -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1997 Dec 12;278(5345):1947-50.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Cell Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, 1 Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030 USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9395397" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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COUP Transcription Factor II
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COUP Transcription Factors
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Cell Line
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DNA/metabolism
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DNA-Binding Proteins/*genetics/metabolism
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Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology
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*Gene Expression Regulation
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Hedgehog Proteins
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Mice
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Okadaic Acid/pharmacology
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Oxazoles/pharmacology
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Phosphoprotein Phosphatases/antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism
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Phosphorylation
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Promoter Regions, Genetic
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Proteins/*genetics/*metabolism
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*Receptors, Steroid
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Signal Transduction
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*Trans-Activators
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Transcription Factors/*genetics/metabolism
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