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Extinction of alpha 1-antitrypsin gene expression in somatic cell hybrids: evidence for multiple controls.
Genes & development - 1 Feb 1992
Bulla G A, DeSimone V, Cortese R, Fournier R E
Abstract excerpt
Expression of the liver-specific alpha 1-antitrypsin (alpha 1AT) gene is extinguished in hepatoma/fibroblast hybrids. To define the mechanism of extinction, we identified DNA sequences involved in this process by transiently transfecting mutant alpha 1AT promoters into parental and hybrid cells. The wild-type alpha 1AT promoter (-554 to +44 bp) was highly expressed in rat hepatoma cells, but activity was 100-fold...
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