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Sequence-specific DNA-binding proteins are components of a nuclear matrix-attachment site

Dworetzky, Steven I.
Wright, Kenneth Lynn
Fey, Edward G.
Penman, Sheldon
Lian, Jane B.
Stein, Janet L.
Stein, Gary S.
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1992-05-01
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We have identified a nuclear matrix-attachment region within an upstream element of a human H4 histone gene promoter. Nuclear matrix proteins, isolated and solubilized from HeLa S3 cells, were found to interact with sequence specificity at this matrix-attachment region. Several types of assays for protein-DNA interaction showed that the minimal sequence for the nuclear matrix protein-DNA interaction was 5'-TGACGTCCATG-3'; the underlined region corresponds to the core consensus sequence for ATF transcription factor binding. Two proteins with molecular masses of 43 and 54 kDa were identified by UV-crosslinking analysis as integral components of this protein-DNA complex. The molecular masses of these proteins and the ATF-binding site consensus sequence suggest that these proteins are members of the ATF family. Our results provide direct evidence for nuclear matrix localization of sequence-specific DNA-binding factors for an actively transcribed gene. The proximity of a strong positive transcriptional regulatory element to the matrix-attachment region of this gene suggests that the nuclear matrix may serve to localize and concentrate trans-acting factors that facilitate regulation of gene expression.

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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1992 May 1;89(9):4178-82.

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10.1073/pnas.89.9.4178
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1570345
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