Identification of a novel, spliced variant of CREB that is preferentially expressed in the thymus.

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Yang L, Lanier ER, Kraig E

Identification of a novel, spliced variant of CREB that is preferentially expressed in the thymus.

J Immunol. 1997 Mar 15;158(6):2522-5.

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Abstract

A conserved decamer sequence, AGTGA(T/C)(G/A)TCA, related to the cAMP response element (CRE), is found in the promoter regions of most TCR V beta gene segments. It has been shown to be a critical element for T cell-specific transcriptional regulation of the TCR genes. However, none of the decamer or CRE-binding proteins identified thus far is restricted in its expression to cells of the T cell lineage. Therefore, to find T cell-restricted decamer-binding proteins, we screened thymus cDNA expression libraries using the decamer probe. One of the thymus cDNAs identified, clone pmLY2, a novel spliced variant of CREB, was shown to be preferentially expressed in thymus. Therefore, clone pmLY2 is the first T cell-enriched decamer-binding sequence identified. We hypothesize that this CREB variant may play a role in the developmental regulation of TCR and of other T cell specific genes.

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NameUniProt ID
Cyclic AMP-dependent transcription factor ATF-2P15336Details