Table 1.
Structures of imperfect EREs found in the rat gad2 DNA sequence between +1 and −3000 bp upstream of the translational start site
| −5 | −4 | −3 | −2 | −1 | N | N | N | +1 | +2 | +3 | +4 | +5 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| −546 | 5′ | G | G | T | C | A | C | C | G | A | G | G | C | C | 3′ |
| −711 | G | G | T | C | A | C | A | G | C | G | A | C | C | ||
| −1958 | G | G | T | C | A | A | G | A | T | G | A | C | T | ||
| Vitellogenin A2 | G | G | T | C | A | C | A | G | T | G | A | C | C | ||
| Consensus ERE | G | G | T | C | A | N | N | N | T | G | A | C | C |
The first column denotes the site of the ERE in the promoter region. The consensus and vitellogenin A2 ERE sequences are shown in the last two rows for comparison. Bold indicates differences between gad2 and consensus EREs. N, Any nucleotide.