Octamer transcription factor
An octamer transcription factor is a transcription factor which binds to the "ATTTGCAT" sequence.[1]
Examples include:
- Oct-1 - POU2F1
- Oct-2 - POU2F2
- Oct-3/4 – POU5F1
- Oct-6 – POU3F1
- Oct-7 – POU3F2
- Oct-8 - POU3F3
- Oct-9 – POU3F4
- Oct-11 – POU3F4
References
- ^ Petryniak B, Staudt LM, Postema CE, McCormack WT, Thompson CB (1990). "Characterization of chicken octamer-binding proteins demonstrates that POU domain-containing homeobox transcription factors have been highly conserved during vertebrate evolution". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 87 (3): 1099–103. doi:10.1073/pnas.87.3.1099. PMC 53418. PMID 1967834.
External links
- Octamer+transcription+factors at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
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