Chorion gene activation and repression is dependent on BmC/EBP expression and binding to cognate cis-elements
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Materials and methods
Southwestern assays. Staged nuclear extracts, derived from dissection of 100 pupae of the FengIx54A strain, were gently heated at 37 °C and electrophoresed in a 12% SDS–PAGE gel (50 μg in standard 1× sample buffer lacking SDS) at 4 °C. Proteins were subsequently transferred on nitrocellulose (Schleicher&Schuell) using the TE70 Semiphor unit (Pharmacia). After the transfer the membrane was washed once in TNT buffer (10 mM Tris–HCl, pH 8.0, 150 mM NaCl, 0.05% Tween-20) and once in 1× Binding Buffer
Results and discussion
C/EBP recognition sequences have been previously identified in chorion gene promoters; these were classified as early- or late-type, depending on a subtle variation in sequence [8]. Their frequency of occurrence on promoters of different developmental specificity follows a more or less simple pattern: early-type sites predominate in early and early-middle genes (i.e. ErA/B.1, 6F6.2, A/B.L9) and their gradual replacement by late-type sites can be observed in middle-late (i.e. A/B.L1) and late
Acknowledgments
Authors are indebted to P. Rørth for providing the C135 antiserum. This work was supported by a GSRT grant (03ED124) funded by the E.U. and the Greek government. A.P. is the recipient of an SSF personal scholarship for postgraduate studies.
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