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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Dominic van Essen
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-32255 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Molecular cell 20120501 4
Cell-type-specific control of gene expression is critical for the development of multicellular organisms. To investigate the mechanisms which underlie this, we have studied the regulation of the model genes Mdc and Il12b, whose stimulus-induced expression is tightly restricted to specific cells of the immune system. Surprisingly, we find that neither the promoter nor the enhancer sequences of these genes are sufficient to direct this cell-type specificity. Instead, the activities of upstream enh ...[more]