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. 1996 May 15;24(10):1928–1935. doi: 10.1093/nar/24.10.1928

Transcriptional regulation of the MHC class I HLA-A11 promoter by the zinc finger protein ZFX.

M L'Haridon 1, P Paul 1, J G Xerri 1, H Dastot 1, C Dolliger 1, M Schmid 1, N de Angelis 1, L Grollet 1, F Sigaux 1, L Degos 1, C Gazin 1
PMCID: PMC145874  PMID: 8657576

Abstract

Regulation of the human MHC class I HLA-A11 promoter is governed by a complex array of regulatory elements. One of these elements, shown here to be critical for the transcriptional activity of the promoter, was used to screen a lambda gt11 library and allowed the identification of a cDNA which coded for the zinc finger protein ZFX. ZFX was shown to bind the sequences AGGGCCCCA and AGGCCCCGA, located respectively at positions -271 to -263 and -242 to -234 of the HLA-A11 promoter, with similar affinities through its three C-terminal zinc fingers. ZFX575, a short isoform of ZFX, activates transcription from the HLA-All promoter in a Leydig cell line.

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