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. 1992 Jan 25;20(2):343–350. doi: 10.1093/nar/20.2.343

Structure and mapping of the fosB gene. FosB downregulates the activity of the fosB promoter.

P S Lazo 1, K Dorfman 1, T Noguchi 1, M G Mattéi 1, R Bravo 1
PMCID: PMC310376  PMID: 1741260

Abstract

We have determined the genomic structure of the fosB gene and shown that it consists of 4 exons and 3 introns at positions also found in the c-fos gene. By deletion analysis we have characterized a region upstream of the TATA box which is the promoter region of the gene. Several consensus sequences have been identified, including an SRE and AP-1 binding site whose relative positions are identical to those in the 5' upstream region of the c-fos gene. We have also shown that FosB and c-Fos can downregulate the activity of the fosB promoter to a similar extent. The fosB gene is located in the [A1-B1] region of mouse chromosome 7.

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