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Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2008

Filed:

Jul. 21, 2000
Applicant:

Toshiyuki Sakai, Kyoto, JP;

Inventor:

Toshiyuki Sakai, Kyoto, JP;

Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/85 (2006.01); C12N 15/63 (2006.01); C12N 5/10 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); A61K 31/593 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A 44-bp region that confers vitamin D-responsiveness to the human p27promoter in the human p27transcriptional regulatory mechanism was revealed. This region also conferred vitamin D-responsiveness to a heterogenous promoter. Moreover, it was found that vitamin Denhances the binding between the CCAAT box existing in the region and the NF-Y protein and also the binding between the Sp1 sequence (also existing in the region) and the Sp1 protein, thus inducing human p27transcription. Also revealed were methods of screening for pharmaceutical agents that regulate the expression of the p27gene using these molecular mechanisms.


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