Table 1.
Sequences of oligonucleotides, wild-type and various mutations used in electrophoretic mobility shift assays (see Fig. 2A)
| –1967 SEF NF1 RAR/TR RAR/TR GR GATA TTF1 |
| CAAAGCCTGGTTTTTGTCGCTTGGACCTGACCCAGGCTGACCCAATGTTCTCAGTGCCTTATCATGCCCTCAAGAGCTTG |
| WT –1967 to –1887 |
| CAAAGCCTGGTTTTTGTCGCTTGGACCTGACCCAGGCTGACCCAATGTTCTCAGTGCCTTATCATGCCCTCAAGAGCTTG |
| SEFmut |
| CAAAGCCTGGTcTcTGTCGCTTGGACCTGACCCAGGCTGACCCAATGTTCTCAGTGCCTTATCATGCCCTCAAGAGCTTG |
| NF1/CTFmut |
| CAAAGCCTGGTTTTTGTCGCTaGGACCTGACCaAGGCTGACCCAATGTTCTCAGTGCCTTATCATGCCCTCAAGAGCTTG |
| RARmut |
| CAAAGCCTGGTTTTTGTCGCTTGGACCcGtaCCAGGCcGtaCCAATGTTCTCAGTGCCTTATCATGCCCTCAAGAGCTTG |
| GRmut |
| CAAAGCCTGGTTTTTGTCGCTTGGACCTGACCCAGGCTGACCCAATGcTCTCAGTGCCTTATCATGCCCTCAAGAGCTTG |
| GATAmut |
| CAAAGCCTGGTTTTTGTCGCTTGGACCTGACCCAGGCTGACCCAATGTTCTCAGTGCCTTgaCATGCCCTCAAGAGCTTG |
| TTF1mut |
| CAAAGCCTGGTTTTTGTCGCTTGGACCTGACCCAGGCTGACCCAATGTTCTCAGTGCCTTATCATGCCtTCAgGAGCTTG |
The top sequence shows the 80 bp sequence and location of all putative binding sites. Underlined characters depict boundaries of binding sites. Six different oligonucleotides harboured a mutation of a different binding site located serially along the sequence. WT is the wild-type sequence. A site that is mutated is bold and underlined, while a mutated base is in lowercase. Putative transcription factor consensus binding sites were identified using Internet sources (TESS, MatInspector, www.cbil.upenn.edu/cgi-bin/tess/tess)