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Histone acetyltransferase p300 promotes the activation of human WT1 promoter and intronic enhancer.
Archives of biochemistry and biophysics - 1 Apr 2005
Shao Yangguang, Lu Jun, Zhang Guoping, Liu Chunyan, Huang Baiqu
Abstract excerpt
The Wilms' tumor gene-1 (WT1) encodes a zinc finger protein involved in gene regulation during kidney, gonad, and heart development. In addition to its promoter, a 258 bp intronic enhancer is required for tissue-specific expression of WT1 gene. p300 is a histone acetyltransferase (HAT) and exerts essential functions in gene regulation. Here, we show that p300 increased the expression of endogenous WT1 mRNA and...
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