Article
Conserved as well as divergent regulatory elements account for expression of the human and rodent phenylalanine hydroxylase genes.
Gene - 22 Aug 2001
Bristeau A, Catherin A, Weiss M C, Faust D M
Abstract excerpt
We have uncovered a fundamental difference in the regulation of the rodent and the human phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) genes: expression of human PAH is independent of glucocorticoids and/or cAMP in contrast to the mouse gene which is not only highly inducible but dependent upon hormones for expression. Nevertheless, the two genes do exhibit similarities: DNaseI hypersensitive sites are identically located in...
Topics
- Animals
- Binding Sites
- Binding, Competitive
- Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase
- Conserved Sequence
- Cyclic AMP
- DNA
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Deoxyribonuclease I
- Dexamethasone
- Enhancer Elements, Genetic
