Intron of the mouse Hoxa-7 gene contains conserved homeodomain binding sites that can functionas an enhancer element in Drosophila

AUTOR(ES)

Haerry, Theodor E.

FONTE

The National Academy of Sciences of the USA

RESUMO

The 5′ flanking sequences and the intron of the mouse Hoxa-7 gene were searched for regulatory elements that can function in Drosophila. Only the intron is able to activate a lacZ fusion gene in various tissues of Drosophila embryos. This enhancer function requires a cluster of three homeodomain binding sites (HB1-element) that are also found in the introns of other Hox genes as well as in a putative autoregulatory element of Ultrabithorax (Ubx), the Drosophila homolog of Hoxa-7. If a single binding site in the autoregulatory element of fushi tarazu (ftz) is replaced by the HB1-element of Hoxa-7, the expression pattern is altered and newly controlled by the homeotic gene caudal (cad). These data suggest that HB1 is a potential target for different homeodomain proteins of both vertebrates and invertebrates.

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