Journal: Biochemical and biophysical research communications
Article Title: Identification and Characterization of a Transcriptional Silencer Upstream of the Human BRCA2 Gene
doi: 10.1006/bbrc.1999.1652
Figure Lengend Snippet: Cloning of the human BRCA2 gene silencer. (A) Sketch showing the promoter and the silencer regions in the context of the upstream sequence of human BRCA2 gene. (B) Relative CAT activity in cell extracts obtained from MCF-10F cells transfected with different pCATbasic and pCATenhancer constructs. (C) Relative CAT activity in cell extracts obtained from MCF-10F cells transfected with different pCATcontrol constructs having the silencer sequence. Results are means ± SE (n = 6).
Article Snippet: Transformation of cells and reporter gene assay ( 4 – 6 ) The following plasmid vectors, procured from Promega (Madison, WI), were employed in our study: pCATbasic, pCATenhancer, pCATcontrol, pSV-b-galactosidase, pGL3-basic, pGL3-enhancer, pGL3-control and pRL-TK ( 5 ).
Techniques: Cloning, Sequencing, Activity Assay, Transfection, Construct