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Cell Research (1997)7:61-67
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Characterization of 5'-proximal sequence of mouse GABA transporter gene (GAT-1).

Shanghai Institute of Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Correspondence: Guo LH

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Abstract

The cDNA molecule encoding the mouse GABA transporter gene (GAT-1) was used as probe for selecting GAT-1 gene from mouse genomic library. A positive clone, harboring the whole open reading frame of the GAT-1 protein and designated as MGABAT-G, was fished out from the library, the 5' proximal region and intron 1 were sequenced and analysed, and low homology was found in the above region between GAT-1 genes from mouse and human except some short conserved sequences. The DNA-protein interactions between DNA fragments containing the conserved sequences in the 5' proximal region and nuclear proteins from different tissues of mouse were studied by means of gel-shift assay, and Southern-Western blot. The results indicate a possible positive-negative regulation mode controlling the expression of the mouse GAT-1 gene.

Keywords : Mouse GABA transporter gene, expression regulation, cloning.