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. 1992 Dec;12(12):5768–5777. doi: 10.1128/mcb.12.12.5768

P25 gene regulation in Bombyx mori silk gland: two promoter-binding factors have distinct tissue and developmental specificities.

B Durand 1, J Drevet 1, P Couble 1
PMCID: PMC360516  PMID: 1448104

Abstract

The gene encoding the silk protein P25 is expressed in the posterior silk gland of Bombyx mori with strict territorial and developmental specificities. The cis-acting regulatory elements previously located within the 441-bp 5' proximal sequence of the gene were examined for protein-binding capacities. We identified two factors, BMFA and SGFB, that lead to prominent band shifts and the target sites for which are included in a region homologous to the fibroin gene enhancer sequence. Analysis of the tissue-specific incidence of both factors showed that BMFA is ubiquitous, whereas SGFB is restricted to the silk gland cells. However, SGFB was found in both posterior and middle silk gland cells and therefore likely directs organ-specific, but not territory-specific, expression. Developmental studies throughout the fourth larval molt, at which the P25 gene status changes from derepressed to repressed, revealed that BMFA is reversibly modified at the transition from intermolt to molt. Indeed, the preexisting BMFA is replaced by a structurally related factor, BMFA', during the 2 h following head capsule apolysis. The exact temporal coincidence of this conversion with the onset of gene repression suggests that BMFA' is involved in transcription inactivation and likely results from a transduction process initiated by the hormonal change at molting.

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