Gq. Cai et al., Nuclear proteins from liver and kidney bind a 37 bp sequence in the 5 ' upstream region of the mGAT1 gene, NEUROREPORT, 9(18), 1998, pp. 4059-4062
THE mouse GABA transporter (mGAT1) gene has been shown to be exclusively ex
pressed in brain by Northern and Western blot analyses. The interactions be
tween the 5' flanking region of the mGAT1 gene and nuclear proteins from di
fferent mouse tissues were studied by means of gel-shift assay. Our results
show that nuclear protein factors from non-nervous tissues can specificall
y recognize a 37 bp sequence that is conserved in the 5' flanking region be
tween the human and mouse GAT1 genes. Similar nuclear protein factors were
also found to exist in rat, rabbit and pig. (C) 1998 Lippincott Williams &
Wilkins.