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From: The zinc finger domain of Wilms' tumor 1 suppressor gene (WT1) behaves as a dominant negative, leading to abrogation of WT1 oncogenic potential in breast cancer cells

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Inhibition of transcriptional activity of the WT1 promoter by its zinc finger domain. (a) Schematic drawing for luciferase reporter constructs. The predominant transcription start site (+1) is indicated by an arrow. Small solid triangles indicate Wilms' tumor 1 suppressor gene (WT1) binding sites. (b) MCF-7 cells and (c) MDA468 cells were co-transfected with plasmids expressing the WT1 proteins (either pcDNA3 control (CON), aminoterminal-only construct N-WT1, zinc finger domain lacking or with lysine–threonine–serine (ZF - KTS or ZF + KTS) or full-length WT1 vectors A~D), and either the pGL2 vector control or the differential WT1 promoter-driven luciferase constructs (horizontal axis), respectively. Luciferase activity was normalized with β-galactosidase activity and is expressed in relative luciferase activity as compared with the luciferase vector control (vertical axis). Results are the average of three experiments.

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Breast Cancer Research

ISSN: 1465-542X

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