0 11 Involvement involvement NN 12 14 of of IN 15 18 Alu Alu NNP 19 28 sequences sequence NNS 29 31 in in IN 32 35 the the DT 36 49 cell-specific cell-specific JJ 50 60 regulation regulation NN 61 63 of of IN 64 77 transcription transcription NN 78 80 of of IN 81 84 the the DT 85 90 gamma gamma NN 91 96 chain chain NN 97 99 of of IN 100 102 Fc Fc NNP 103 106 and and CC 107 108 T t NN 109 113 cell cell NN 114 123 receptors receptor NNS 123 124 . . . 126 129 The the DT 130 132 Fc Fc NNP 133 140 epsilon epsilon NN 141 149 RI-gamma RI-gamma NNP 150 156 chains chain NNS 157 160 are be VBP 161 170 expressed express VBN 171 173 in in IN 174 175 a a DT 176 183 variety variety NN 184 186 of of IN 187 200 hematopoietic hematopoietic JJ 201 206 cells cell NNS 207 212 where where WRB 213 217 they they PRP 218 222 play play VBP 223 224 a a DT 225 233 critical critical JJ 234 238 role role NN 239 241 in in IN 242 248 signal signal NN 249 261 transduction transduction NN 261 262 . . . 263 267 They they PRP 268 271 are be VBP 272 276 part part NN 277 279 of of IN 280 283 the the DT 284 288 high high JJ 289 297 affinity affinity NN 298 301 IgE ige NN 302 310 receptor receptor NN 311 313 in in IN 314 318 mast mast NN 319 324 cells cell NNS 324 325 , , , 326 335 basophils basophil NNS 335 336 , , , 337 347 Langerhans Langerhans NNP 348 353 cells cell NNS 353 354 , , , 355 358 and and CC 359 367 possibly possibly RB 368 373 other other JJ 374 379 cells cell NNS 379 380 ; ; : 381 382 a a DT 383 392 component component NN 393 395 of of IN 396 399 the the DT 400 403 low low JJ 404 412 affinity affinity NN 413 421 receptor receptor NN 422 425 for for IN 426 429 IgG IgG NNP 430 431 ( ( ( 431 433 Fc Fc NNP 434 439 gamma gamma NN 440 445 RIIIA RIIIA NNP 446 448 or or CC 449 453 CD16 CD16 NNP 453 454 ) ) ) 455 457 in in IN 458 465 natural natural JJ 466 472 killer killer NN 473 478 cells cell NNS 479 482 and and CC 483 494 macrophages macrophage NNS 494 495 ; ; : 496 499 and and CC 500 504 part part NN 505 507 of of IN 508 511 the the DT 512 513 T t NN 514 518 cell cell NN 519 526 antigen antigen NN 527 535 receptor receptor NN 536 538 in in IN 539 546 subsets subset NNS 547 549 of of IN 550 551 T t NN 552 557 cells cell NNS 557 558 . . . 559 563 Here here RB 564 566 we we PRP 567 571 have have VBP 572 584 investigated investigate VBN 585 588 the the DT 589 604 transcriptional transcriptional JJ 605 615 regulation regulation NN 616 618 of of IN 619 622 the the DT 623 628 gamma gamma NN 629 634 chain chain NN 635 639 gene gene NN 640 642 by by IN 643 652 analyzing analyze VBG 653 656 the the DT 657 669 2.5-kilobase 2.5-kilobase JJ 670 678 sequence sequence NN 679 687 upstream upstream JJ 688 690 of of IN 691 694 the the DT 695 708 transcription transcription NN 709 714 start start NN 715 719 site site NN 719 720 . . . 721 725 This this DT 726 734 sequence sequence NN 735 743 contains contain VBZ 744 745 a a DT 746 754 promoter promoter NN 755 763 specific specific JJ 764 766 to to TO 767 772 cells cell NNS 773 775 of of IN 776 789 hematopoietic hematopoietic JJ 790 797 lineage lineage NN 797 798 . . . 799 806 However however RB 806 807 , , , 808 811 the the DT 812 818 tissue tissue NN 819 830 specificity specificity NN 831 833 of of IN 834 838 this this DT 839 847 promoter promoter NN 848 850 is be VBZ 851 855 only only RB 856 863 partial partial JJ 864 871 because because IN 872 874 it it PRP 875 877 is be VBZ 878 884 active active JJ 885 887 in in IN 888 891 all all DT 892 894 of of IN 895 898 the the DT 899 912 hematopoietic hematopoietic JJ 913 918 cells cell NNS 919 925 tested test VBN 926 930 here here RB 930 931 , , , 932 942 regardless regardless RB 943 945 of of IN 946 953 whether whether IN 954 958 they they PRP 959 973 constitutively constitutively RB 974 981 express express VBP 982 984 Fc fc NN 985 992 epsilon epsilon NN 993 996 RI- ri- NN 997 1002 gamma gamma NN 1003 1008 chain chain NN 1009 1020 transcripts transcript NNS 1020 1021 . . . 1022 1024 We we PRP 1025 1029 have have VBP 1030 1040 identified identify VBN 1041 1044 two two CD 1045 1053 adjacent adjacent JJ 1054 1064 cis-acting cis-acting JJ 1065 1075 regulatory regulatory JJ 1076 1084 elements element NNS 1084 1085 , , , 1086 1090 both both DT 1091 1093 of of IN 1094 1099 which which WDT 1100 1103 are be VBP 1104 1108 part part NN 1109 1111 of of IN 1112 1114 an an DT 1115 1118 Alu Alu NNP 1119 1125 repeat repeat NN 1125 1126 . . . 1127 1130 The the DT 1131 1136 first first JJ 1137 1138 ( ( ( 1138 1147 -445/-366 -445/-366 CD 1147 1148 ) ) ) 1149 1151 is be VBZ 1152 1153 a a DT 1154 1162 positive positive JJ 1163 1170 element element NN 1171 1177 active active JJ 1178 1180 in in IN 1181 1185 both both CC 1186 1195 basophils basophil NNS 1196 1199 and and CC 1200 1201 T t NN 1202 1207 cells cell NNS 1207 1208 . . . 1209 1212 The the DT 1213 1219 second second JJ 1220 1221 ( ( ( 1221 1230 -365/-264 -365/-264 CD 1230 1231 ) ) ) 1232 1237 binds bind VBZ 1238 1240 to to TO 1241 1248 nuclear nuclear JJ 1249 1256 factors factor NNS 1256 1257 , , , 1258 1263 which which WDT 1264 1270 appear appear VBP 1271 1273 to to TO 1274 1276 be be VB 1277 1286 different different JJ 1287 1289 in in IN 1290 1299 basophils basophil NNS 1300 1303 and and CC 1304 1305 T t NN 1306 1311 cells cell NNS 1311 1312 , , , 1313 1316 and and CC 1317 1321 acts act VBZ 1322 1324 as as IN 1325 1326 a a DT 1327 1335 negative negative JJ 1336 1343 element element NN 1344 1346 in in IN 1347 1356 basophils basophil NNS 1357 1360 and and CC 1361 1363 as as IN 1364 1365 a a DT 1366 1374 positive positive JJ 1375 1378 one one NN 1379 1381 in in IN 1382 1383 T t NN 1384 1389 cells cell NNS 1389 1390 . . . 1391 1395 Thus thus RB 1395 1396 , , , 1397 1401 this this DT 1402 1405 Alu Alu NNP 1406 1412 repeat repeat NN 1413 1414 ( ( ( 1414 1416 90 90 CD 1416 1417 % % NN 1418 1427 identical identical JJ 1428 1430 to to TO 1431 1434 Alu Alu NNP 1435 1444 consensus consensus NN 1445 1454 sequences sequence NNS 1454 1455 ) ) ) 1456 1459 has have VBZ 1460 1467 evolved evolve VBN 1468 1470 to to TO 1471 1477 become become VB 1478 1482 both both CC 1483 1484 a a DT 1485 1493 positive positive JJ 1494 1497 and and CC 1498 1506 negative negative JJ 1507 1516 regulator regulator NN 1516 1517 . . .