TABLE 1.

Oligonucleotides used in this study

Oligonucleotide	Position	Sequence (5′ to 3′)a
Primers for site-directed mutagenesis
Egr-1m	−169 to −160	TCCCCGCCCAGATATGGAGAAGAAAC
Etsm	−116 to −112	CACTACCGCTCTTTCCAGATGAGCTC
AP-1/CREm	−106 to −99	TTCCTCCAGATCTGTGCATGGGTTTC
NF-κBm	−97 to −88	ATGAGCTCATGGATATCTCCACCAAGG
AP-1m	−65 to −59	TTTCCGCTGGTGTAAGGATTCTTTCCC
SP-1m	−52 to −45	TGATTCTTTCCGGACCCTCCTCTCGCC
AP-2m	−36 to −28	CCTCCTCTCGCCTCATGGACATATAAG
Tandem copies of transcription factor-binding elements
(AP-1)4	−65 to −59	ctgaacgcgtTGAATGATGAATGATGAATGATGAATGActcgagagtc
(AP-2)4	−36 to −28	ctgaacgcgtCCCCAGGGACCCCAGGGACCCCAGGGACCCCAGGGActcgcgcgtc
(NF-κB)4	−97 to −88	ctgaacgcgtGGGTTTCTCCGGGTTTCTCCGGGTTTCTCCGGGTTTCTCCctcgcgcgtc
Probes for EMSA
AP-1	−65 to −59	TTTCCGCTGGTTGAATGATTCTTTCCC
AP-2	−36 to −28	CCTCCTCTCGCCCCAGGGACATATAAG
Egr-1	−169 to −160	TCCCCGCCCCCGCGATGGAGAAGAAAC
NF-κB	−97 to −88	ATGAGCTCATGGGTTTCTCCACCAAGG
AP-1m	−65 to −59	TTTCCGCTGGTGTAAGGATTCTTTCCC
AP-2m	−36 to −28	CCTCCTCTCGCCTCATGGACATATAAG

^aBinding sites are shown in bold type. The linker sequences at the ends of the oligomers are indicated by lowercase letters.