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Review
. 1998;12(1):3-9.
doi: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0461(1998)12:1<3::aid-jbt2>3.0.co;2-p.

Regulatory DNA elements of phenobarbital-responsive cytochrome P450 CYP2B genes

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Regulatory DNA elements of phenobarbital-responsive cytochrome P450 CYP2B genes

P Honkakoski et al. J Biochem Mol Toxicol. 1998.

Abstract

This article reviews recent progress in characterizing cis-acting DNA elements of the phenobarbital-inducible CYP2B genes. Whereas proximal DNA elements such as the C/EBP binding site regulate basal transcription activity, phenobarbital-responsive enhancer activity is governed by the distal element (designated phenobarbital-responsive enhancer module, PBREM) residing about -2.3 kbp upstream from the transcription start site. Proximal elements are not required to enhance the phenobarbital-inducible transcription, since the PBREM can confer the inducibility to several heterologous promoters. Repression of the basal transcription by a negative element upstream of the -0.8 kbp region, however, may be necessary for the proper regulation of the CYP2B genes.

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