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XB-ART-28204
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1987 Apr 01;848:2331-5.
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An enhancer responsible for activating transcription at the midblastula transition in Xenopus development.



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Transcripts from the Xenopus gene GS17 are absent from oocytes and first appear at the midblastula transition (MBT), about 8 hr after fertilization. Injection experiments with deletions of the GS17 gene and GS17-beta-globin hybrid genes show that a relatively short sequence of 74 base pairs is sufficient to activate, in cis, transcription at the MBT. This 74-base sequence is located about 700 bases upstream of the GS17 promoter and has the properties of an enhancer element.

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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: gs17 hbg1

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