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From: suter2@urz.unibas.ch (clemens suter-crazzolara)
Newsgroups: bionet.general
Subject: A/T stretches
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Date: 14 Feb 91 10:43:34 GMT
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dear colleagues,
we have cloned a rna gene of 1100 bp. this gene contains 4 stretches of at least
 10 A or 10 T residues, one of them located between enhancer and promoter.
does anyone know whether these A or T rich stretches have a function,
or how they have arisen ? can they influence transcription ?
The gene is probably transcribed by PolII and it is mammalian.

thanks,

clemens (or do I have to sign "woof" ?????)