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Transcriptional activity and regulatory protein binding of metal-responsive elements of the human metallothionein-IIA gene.
European journal of biochemistry - 1 Feb 1999
Koizumi S, Suzuki K, Ogra Y, Yamada H, Otsuka F
Abstract excerpt
Multiple copies of a cis-acting DNA element, metal-responsive element (MRE) are required for heavy metal-induced transcriptional activation of mammalian metallothionein genes. To approach the regulatory mechanism mediated by these multiple elements, we studied the properties of seven MREs located upstream of the human metallothionein-IIA (hMT-IIA) gene in detail. Transfection assays of reporter gene constructs...
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