Homologous globin cell-free transcription system with comparison of heterologous factors
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- DOI: 10.1128/mcb.4.1.17-22.1984
Homologous globin cell-free transcription system with comparison of heterologous factors
Abstract
Mouse erythroleukemia (MEL) cells provide a useful model system to examine the regulation of globin gene expression. MEL cells ordinarily do not express globin genes, but in the presence of inducers, such as dimethyl sulfoxide or hexamethylene bisacetamide, they mimic erythroid differentiation. We have developed a cell-free transcription system from uninduced MEL cells to determine the requirements for mRNA synthesis. The MEL system directs accurate transcription of adenovirus type 2 major late DNA and mouse betamaj-globin with an efficiency comparable to those of HeLa and KB cell extracts. Using the procedure of Matsui et al. (T. Matsui, J. Segall, P.A. Weil, and R.G. Roeder, J. Biol. Chem. 255:11992-11996, 1980), we have isolated three active fractions from both MEL and HeLa cell extracts which are required for accurate transcription and have shown that equivalent fractions from MEL and HeLa cell extracts are interchangeable. Our findings suggest that the components required for initiation of transcription are similar in different cell types, at least to the extent that they can be assayed in these in vitro systems.
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