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Table 3 List of human target genes of (murine) Gfi-1 which contain Alu in their 5' upstream region. In these genes some of the Gfi-1 target sites are on Alu sequences; such sequences are denoted by '+' in the third column. The first column contains the target gene name; the second column is a potential binding sequence in the promoter region of the gene. The fourth column is a result of EMSA binding experiment for the sequence in column 2 [41].

From: Alu elements contain many binding sites for transcription factors and may play a role in regulation of developmental processes

Gene

Potential Gfi-1 BSs

part of Alu

Binding in EMSA

AZU

1, 5'-CTCCCAAAGTGCTGAGATTA CAGGTGTGAG-3'†

+

+

 

2, 5'-CGGCCTGGAGACCAGATTT GAGCCCTGGGA-3'

-

+

 

3, 5'-ACTTCCTGCCTCTGCAGATTT GCTTGTTCT-3'

-

-

 

4, 5'-TTTCACACCTGTAATCCCAG CATTTTGGGA-3'

+

+

 

5, 5'-GGTGGACAACTGTAATCCTAG CTACTCAGG-3"

-

-

AAT

1, 5'-GCACACGCCTGTAATCCCAG CTATTTGGGA-3'

+

+

 

2, 5'-CCCAGGAGGTTTAATCACAG CCCCTCCATG-3'*

-

+

 

3, 5'-ATAGCTGACCTAATCTCTC TGGCTTTGGTT-3'*

-

-

ACT

1, 5'-GCTCATGCCTGTAATCCCAG CACTTTGGGA-3'

+

+

 

2, 5'-TTCTTGGCTGCCACTGATTCCCTGTGCCTT-3'

-

+

 

3, 5'-GCCAAAATAAAATCCCAG TCCAAGTCTGGG-3'*

-

+

Jak3

1, 5'-CTCACGTGTGTAATCACAG CACTTTGGG-3'

+

+

P21

1, 5'-GCATGCCTGTAATCCCAG CTACTCGGG-3'

+

+

 

2, 5'-ATGTCTGGGCAGAGATTT CCAGACTCT-3'

-

+

  1. *These sites were tested in transient transfection assays.