A complete sequence of the Ah receptor gene was cloned from a mouse ge
nomic library by using the Ah receptor cDNA as a probe, The Ah recepto
r gene is 37.5 kb long and is split into 11 exons by 10 introns. Seque
nce analysis of the 5' flanking region of the Ah receptor gene reveals
that there is neither a TATA box nor a CAAT box in the promoter regio
n, Instead, this gene has a few GC boxes and other enhancer elements i
n the 5' upstream flanking region, Southern blot analysis indicated th
at the Ah receptor gene is a unique gene.