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CIS-REGULATION

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  1. Clone 'cien112404'
  2. Clone 'cieg003n23'
  3. Clone 'AHC0AAA133YE23'
  4. Clone 'citb8i13'
  5. Region 'REG00000179'

Cis-regulatory Region

Name

Ci-Trop -1355/6

Short name

n/a

Region ID

REG00000179

Status

Curated

Origin

natural region from C. robusta formely Ciona int. type A

Type of Activity

regulatory_region
(extended_promoter)

Author

Anna Di Gregorio (2007-05-06)

Annotator

Jonathan Luchino (2007-05-06)

Curator

Delphine Dauga (2010-04-07)


Description

A 3 kb region of Ci-trop 5-flanking sequence was characterized via electroporation of lacZ fusion genes into fertilized Ciona eggs.

-A minimal, 114 bp enhancer (between -1,4 kb and -1,3 kb) was identified that is sufficient to direct the expression of a heterologous promoter in the notochord. DNA binding assay indicate that this enhancer contains two sets of low affinity Brachyury half-sites, which are bound in vitro by a GST/Ci-bra fusion protein.

-The region between -1,3 kb to -1 bp drives expression in the tail epidermis and in the trunk mesenchyme that is normally silenced by negative control elements between -1,4 kb and -1,3 kb.

Be careful, coordinates in the paper are different from ANISEED coordinates. We took the KH transcript model as reference.

Coordinates in the paper : -1362bp/-1bp

Construct(s) made to test this region

CONS00000171: pTrop -1355/6::LacZ

Overview of functional TF binding sites in this region

4,511,6924,513,052

Motif Name Binding Factor(s) Sequence Position in Region Comment

Sequence

Aniseed Coordinates: [4,511,692 / 4,513,052] on scaffold KhC7

This sequence was found using a blast on the JGI site with the fragment of sequence given in the publication "Regulation of Ci-tropomyosin-like, a Brachyury target gene in the ascidian, Ciona intestinalis" Di Gregorio A, Levine M. Development. 1999 Dec;126(24):5599-609.

Show sequence

Length: 1,361

GTGTTTACTTGCCAAAAGTAAGTAGTTCTCACGGGTTGGACGTTTTATCACTATCCTGTG
AAGTAGGCTTGGCAGCGCTTACAACTTTGAACACTGCTTTTATCTTACAGGTGGCTTGCA
GATTTGGAGGGTGACACTTTTATTGAAAGGATCTTACCCCTAGATCACGTTAGTGATTTT
GACGTCGCCTCCACCGATACCTGAGCGTCATTTCCGTGACGTCACACCTCCTAGACACCG
GTCCTTTATATCCATTAGCAGTATACCTACAGTGTCATACATACGTGCGTCTGTGAATAC
ATTACCGCTTCCTGCACCATAGCTTTTGTATTGTATGATGATTACCTGAGAGTGCGGCAG
TACGTAAGGACCGCTTGCCGCGTTATATCAACTGTTTCATTTCGTTTCTTCCAGCGTCAC
ATTTCAACAAATAAATTAATCAACTTTCGACGTATGCGAAATATTTGCCGAGTTCATAAT
GGCTGGCGAAGTTAGTTTTGTATTATATTTGATGAATAAGCATTCCGGTGTATTGTGTGA
CGACTACTTCCTAGTATTCTAGTTGAGCTCGGTGTATACAACGTTTCTTTTGTTGTTATG
GGACGCACAAGTGTTCGGGGCTGTACAGATTTCATTATTCAGCCAGACAGAGAAACGGAG
CGAAATGACGTCAGCTTTTAGAGCGGAATTTCGCTCATATGTTTTGCCTCAAGTTGCAGA
ACGTTCGCATTTTTTCATGCGCGATCACTCGTGCGTGACTCATCTCTCCTCTAAAGTGAT
TTAAGAGCGAATAAAGCAAACCGTGTTAGGAGCCGCTAGCCATGAATGGTCTTGTTTTAG
TTTCACGACTTGATACAAATAGAGACGCATTGAAATTCAGCAGCAACAGTTAGTTTTCGG
CAGTTGAGAGAGATCCTGCAGCTGTAAGCTATTAAATGTAAGTTCAACCGATCGCTTTAA
ACGGAAAGTGCGTTTCAACAGAGCAAAACAGGAAGTGATATCACGGTTTAATGATTAATA
TGTGTAGGCTATTTTACTGTACATAAGTTGGCTGGTGTGTTTACAGTATCTTGTCACAGG
TACGTCTTGAAGAGACAATTGCGCGAACTTTGTCGTTTCGTCGCGGAAAAGTTAGTTGGC
GACGTCGAACGGTTACGCCCTGTCGGTGGATTCTCGTTTTTAAACCAAACTTACGCTACG
GCTGACTGGGTTACTGCGGCCTGTAAAAGCTCATAGGCGAGGTAGCTTTCGGAGTATGTA
CAAATACGGCAAGTGAGCAGAAATTTGTCGCGTTTGAGAGAATAGCGTTGGTGTAGTTTT
TAGGATGTGTCATACGGTGTTGTTTCATTTTGCAGAGATTA