Mouse hepatic metallothionein-1 gene cleavage by micrococcal nuclease is enhanced after induction by cadmium

Koropatnick, James ; Andrews, Glen ; Duerksen, J. D. ; Varshney, Umesh ; Gedamu, Lashitew (1983) Mouse hepatic metallothionein-1 gene cleavage by micrococcal nuclease is enhanced after induction by cadmium Nucleic Acids Research, 11 (10). pp. 3255-3267. ISSN 0305-1048

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Abstract

Micrococcal nuclease has been shown to preferentially cleave chromatin in the region of genes actively engaged in transcription. We have used this preferential cleavage to show that the metalIoth1one1n (MT) gene 1n adult mouse liver, when induced to produce mfiNA by Injection of cadmium, becomes more susceptible to nuclease cleavage. However, the MT gene in uninduced liver, and the alphafoetal protein (AFP) gene in both induced and uninduced liver, remain relatively resistant to nuclease cleavage. The AFP gene is not normally expressed in cadmium induced or uninduced liver. Thus, susceptibility of genes to nuclease cleavage appears to rise with Increasing transcription of the gene

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