0 5 HMG-I HMG-I NNP 6 11 binds bind VBZ 12 14 to to TO 15 19 GATA GATA NNP 20 26 motifs motif NNS 26 27 : : : 28 40 implications implication NNS 41 44 for for IN 45 47 an an DT 48 52 HPFH HPFH NNP 53 61 syndrome syndrome NN 61 62 . . . 64 66 We we PRP 67 71 have have VBP 72 80 examined examine VBN 81 88 binding binding NN 89 91 of of IN 92 95 the the DT 96 103 nuclear nuclear JJ 104 111 protein protein NN 112 117 HMG-I HMG-I NNP 118 120 to to TO 121 124 the the DT 125 130 human human JJ 131 143 gamma-globin gamma-globin NN 144 152 promoter promoter NN 152 153 . . . 154 156 We we PRP 157 161 find find VBP 162 166 that that IN 167 172 HMG-I HMG-I NNP 173 178 binds bind VBZ 179 193 preferentially preferentially RB 194 196 to to TO 197 200 the the DT 201 205 more more JJR 206 207 3 3 CD 207 208 ’ ' SYM 209 211 of of IN 212 213 a a DT 214 218 pair pair NN 219 221 of of IN 222 226 GATA GATA NNP 227 233 motifs motif NNS 234 236 in in IN 237 240 the the DT 241 253 gamma-globin gamma-globin NN 254 262 promoter promoter NN 262 263 ; ; : 264 268 this this DT 269 275 paired paired JJ 276 281 motif motif NN 282 284 is be VBZ 285 290 bound bind VBN 291 293 by by IN 294 297 the the DT 298 307 erythroid erythroid JJ 308 314 factor factor NN 315 321 GATA-1 gata-1 NN 321 322 . . . 323 324 A a DT 325 334 naturally naturally RB 335 344 occurring occur VBG 345 353 mutation mutation NN 354 355 ( ( ( 355 359 -175 -175 CD 360 363 T-C T-C NNP 363 364 ) ) ) 365 367 in in IN 368 371 the the DT 372 376 area area NN 377 382 bound bind VBN 383 385 by by IN 386 391 HMG-I HMG-I NNP 392 399 results result VBZ 400 402 in in IN 403 417 overexpression overexpression NN 418 420 of of IN 421 433 gamma-globin gamma-globin NN 434 436 in in IN 437 442 adult adult JJ 443 446 red red JJ 447 452 blood blood NN 453 458 cells cell NNS 459 460 ( ( ( 460 464 HPFH HPFH NNP 464 465 ) ) ) 466 469 and and CC 470 483 up-regulation up-regulation NN 484 486 of of IN 487 490 the the DT 491 503 gamma-globin gamma-globin NN 504 512 promoter promoter NN 513 515 in in IN 516 518 in in FW 519 524 vitro vitro FW 525 535 expression expression NN 536 542 assays assay NNS 542 543 ; ; : 544 549 HMG-I HMG-I NNP 550 554 does do VBZ 555 558 not not RB 559 563 bind bind VB 564 566 to to TO 567 571 this this DT 572 578 mutant mutant JJ 579 587 sequence sequence NN 587 588 . . . 589 590 A a DT 591 597 survey survey NN 598 600 of of IN 601 605 GATA GATA NNP 606 612 motifs motif NNS 613 617 from from IN 618 623 other other JJ 624 630 globin globin NN 631 643 cis-elements cis-element NNS 644 656 demonstrates demonstrate VBZ 657 662 HMG-I HMG-I NNP 663 670 binding bind VBG 671 673 to to TO 674 678 most most JJS 679 681 of of IN 682 686 them them PRP 686 687 . . . 688 693 These these DT 694 702 findings finding NNS 703 712 implicate implicate VBP 713 718 HMG-I HMG-I NNP 719 721 in in IN 722 725 the the DT 726 730 HPFH HPFH NNP 731 740 phenotype phenotype NN 740 741 ; ; : 742 744 we we PRP 745 754 speculate speculate VBP 755 759 that that IN 760 762 it it PRP 763 766 may may MD 767 778 participate participate VB 779 781 in in IN 782 785 the the DT 786 795 formation formation NN 796 798 of of IN 799 811 multiprotein multiprotein NN 812 821 complexes complex NNS 822 826 that that WDT 827 835 regulate regulate VBP 836 842 globin globin NN 843 847 gene gene NN 848 858 expression expression NN 858 859 . . .