RGD Reference Report - Molecular cloning of two C/EBP-related proteins that bind to the promoter and the enhancer of the alpha 1-fetoprotein gene. Further analysis of C/EBP beta and C/EBP gamma. - Rat Genome Database

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Molecular cloning of two C/EBP-related proteins that bind to the promoter and the enhancer of the alpha 1-fetoprotein gene. Further analysis of C/EBP beta and C/EBP gamma.

Authors: Thomassin, H  Hamel, D  Bernier, D  Guertin, M  Belanger, L 
Citation: Thomassin H, etal., Nucleic Acids Res 1992 Jun 25;20(12):3091-8.
RGD ID: 69946
Pubmed: PMID:1377818   (View Abstract at PubMed)
PMCID: PMC312443   (View Article at PubMed Central)

In an attempt to identify proteins that may regulate alpha 1-fetoprotein (AFP) gene expression, we screened a cDNA expression library from neonatal rat liver with two essential cis-elements of the AFP promoter and enhancer. We isolated two cDNAs which were found to correspond to leucine zipper proteins of the CC-AAT/enhancer binding protein (C/EBP) family: C/EBP beta and C/EBP gamma. The three related proteins C/EBP alpha, beta and gamma bind with indistinguishable specificity to multiple DNA sites in the promoter and the enhancer of the AFP gene. In addition, C/EBP beta and C/EBP gamma readily heterodimerize with each other as well as with C/EBP alpha. The mRNAs coding for C/EBP beta and C/EBP gamma are expressed in a wider variety of rat tissues than C/EBP alpha mRNA, including yolk sac and fetal liver. The steady-state levels of C/EBP alpha, beta and gamma mRNAs increase during liver development, in parallel with their respective gene transcriptional rates. The high levels of C/EBP beta and gamma mRNAs in rat yolk sac and fetal liver, where C/EBP alpha is poorly expressed, suggest that C/EBP beta and/or gamma could be preponderant or early regulators of the AFP gene in these tissues.



Gene Ontology Annotations    Click to see Annotation Detail View

Biological Process

  
Object SymbolSpeciesTermQualifierEvidenceWithNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
CebpaRatcellular response to xenobiotic stimulus  IEP rosiglitazoneRGD 
CebpbRatliver development  IEP  RGD 
CebpgRatliver development involved_inIEP PMID:1377818UniProt 
CebpaRatosteoblast development  IEP  RGD 
CebpgRatregulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II  IEP  RGD 

Molecular Function

  

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Cebpa  (CCAAT/enhancer binding protein alpha)
Cebpb  (CCAAT/enhancer binding protein beta)
Cebpg  (CCAAT/enhancer binding protein gamma)


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