0 7 Octamer Octamer NNP 8 19 independent independent JJ 20 30 activation activation NN 31 33 of of IN 34 47 transcription transcription NN 48 52 from from IN 53 56 the the DT 57 62 kappa kappa NN 63 77 immunoglobulin immunoglobulin NN 78 86 germline germline NN 87 95 promoter promoter NN 95 96 . . . 98 106 Previous previous JJ 107 115 analyses analysis NNS 116 118 of of IN 119 133 immunoglobulin immunoglobulin NN 134 135 V v JJ 136 142 region region NN 143 152 promoters promoter NNS 153 156 has have VBZ 157 160 led lead VBN 161 163 to to TO 164 167 the the DT 168 177 discovery discovery NN 178 180 of of IN 181 182 a a DT 183 189 common common JJ 190 197 octamer octamer NN 198 203 motif motif NN 204 209 which which WDT 210 212 is be VBZ 213 225 functionally functionally RB 226 235 important important JJ 236 238 in in IN 239 242 the the DT 243 258 tissue-specific tissue-specific JJ 259 262 and and CC 263 278 developmentally developmentally RB 279 288 regulated regulate VBN 289 304 transcriptional transcriptional JJ 305 315 activation activation NN 316 318 of of IN 319 333 immunoglobulin immunoglobulin NN 334 339 genes gene NNS 339 340 . . . 341 344 The the DT 345 353 germline germline NN 354 363 promoters promoter NNS 364 365 ( ( ( 365 367 Ko Ko NNP 367 368 ) ) ) 369 376 located located JJ 377 385 upstream upstream RB 386 388 of of IN 389 392 the the DT 393 394 J J NNP 395 401 region region NN 402 406 gene gene NN 407 415 segments segment NNS 416 418 of of IN 419 422 the the DT 423 428 kappa kappa NN 429 434 locus locus NN 435 439 also also RB 440 447 contain contain VBP 448 450 an an DT 451 458 octamer octamer NN 459 464 motif motif NN 465 466 ( ( ( 466 476 containing contain VBG 477 478 a a DT 479 485 single single JJ 486 490 base base NN 491 495 pair pair NN 496 504 mutation mutation NN 505 508 and and CC 509 517 referred refer VBN 518 520 to to TO 521 523 as as IN 524 527 the the DT 528 535 variant variant JJ 536 543 octamer octamer NN 543 544 ) ) ) 545 550 which which WDT 551 554 has have VBZ 555 559 been be VBN 560 565 shown show VBN 566 576 previously previously RB 577 579 to to TO 580 584 bind bind VB 585 590 Oct-1 oct-1 NN 591 594 and and CC 595 600 Oct-2 oct-2 NN 601 614 transcription transcription NN 615 622 factors factor NNS 623 625 in in FW 626 631 vitro vitro FW 631 632 . . . 633 635 To to TO 636 643 further further RB 644 653 elucidate elucidate VB 654 657 the the DT 658 662 role role NN 663 665 of of IN 666 670 this this DT 671 678 variant variant JJ 679 686 octamer octamer NN 687 692 motif motif NN 693 695 in in IN 696 699 the the DT 700 710 regulation regulation NN 711 713 of of IN 714 722 germline germline NN 723 736 transcription transcription NN 737 741 from from IN 742 745 the the DT 746 758 unrearranged unrearranged JJ 759 764 kappa kappa NN 765 770 locus locus NN 770 771 , , , 772 774 we we PRP 775 779 have have VBP 780 791 quantitated quantitate VBN 792 795 the the DT 796 804 relative relative JJ 805 812 binding binding NN 813 821 affinity affinity NN 822 824 of of IN 825 830 Oct-1 Oct-1 NNP 831 834 and and CC 835 840 Oct-2 oct-2 NN 841 844 for for IN 845 848 the the DT 849 856 variant variant JJ 857 864 octamer octamer NN 865 870 motif motif NN 871 874 and and CC 875 885 determined determine VBD 886 889 the the DT 890 900 functional functional JJ 901 905 role role NN 906 908 of of IN 909 913 this this DT 914 921 octamer octamer NN 922 927 motif motif NN 928 930 in in IN 931 946 transcriptional transcriptional JJ 947 957 activation activation NN 957 958 . . . 959 961 We we PRP 962 966 find find VBP 967 971 that that IN 971 972 , , , 973 981 although although IN 982 985 the the DT 986 993 variant variant JJ 994 1001 octamer octamer NN 1002 1007 motif motif NN 1008 1013 binds bind VBZ 1014 1019 Oct-1 oct-1 NN 1020 1023 and and CC 1024 1029 Oct-2 oct-2 NN 1030 1032 in in FW 1033 1038 vitro vitro FW 1039 1043 with with IN 1044 1050 5-fold 5-fold RB 1051 1056 lower low JJR 1057 1065 affinity affinity NN 1066 1070 than than IN 1071 1074 the the DT 1075 1084 consensus consensus NN 1085 1092 octamer octamer NN 1093 1098 motif motif NN 1098 1099 , , , 1100 1108 mutation mutation NN 1109 1111 of of IN 1112 1115 the the DT 1116 1123 variant variant JJ 1124 1131 octamer octamer NN 1132 1137 motif motif NN 1138 1140 to to TO 1141 1147 either either CC 1148 1149 a a DT 1150 1159 consensus consensus NN 1160 1167 octamer octamer NN 1168 1170 or or CC 1171 1182 non-octamer non-octamer JJ 1183 1188 motif motif NN 1189 1192 has have VBZ 1193 1195 no no DT 1196 1202 effect effect NN 1203 1205 on on IN 1206 1221 transcriptional transcriptional JJ 1222 1232 activation activation NN 1233 1237 from from IN 1238 1241 the the DT 1242 1250 germline germline NN 1251 1259 promoter promoter NN 1259 1260 . . . 1261 1263 We we PRP 1264 1268 also also RB 1269 1273 find find VBP 1274 1285 significant significant JJ 1286 1297 differences difference NNS 1298 1300 in in IN 1301 1311 activation activation NN 1312 1314 of of IN 1315 1323 germline germline NN 1324 1327 and and CC 1328 1329 V v JJ 1330 1336 region region NN 1337 1346 promoters promoter NNS 1347 1349 by by IN 1350 1355 kappa kappa NN 1356 1365 enhancers enhancer NNS 1365 1366 . . . 1367 1370 Our our PRP$ 1371 1378 results result NNS 1379 1386 suggest suggest VBP 1387 1391 that that IN 1392 1395 the the DT 1396 1404 germline germline NN 1405 1414 promoters promoter NNS 1415 1418 and and CC 1419 1420 V v JJ 1421 1427 region region NN 1428 1437 promoters promoter NNS 1438 1444 differ differ VBP 1445 1447 in in IN 1448 1453 their their PRP$ 1454 1464 dependence dependence NN 1465 1467 on on IN 1468 1475 octamer octamer NN 1476 1479 for for IN 1480 1490 activation activation NN 1491 1494 and and CC 1495 1502 respond respond VBP 1503 1514 differently differently RB 1515 1517 to to TO 1518 1526 enhancer enhancer NN 1527 1537 activation activation NN 1537 1538 . . . 1539 1544 These these DT 1545 1553 findings finding NNS 1554 1558 have have VBP 1559 1568 important important JJ 1569 1581 implications implication NNS 1582 1584 in in IN 1585 1595 regulation regulation NN 1596 1598 of of IN 1599 1607 germline germline NN 1608 1621 transcription transcription NN 1622 1624 as as RB 1625 1629 well well RB 1630 1632 as as IN 1633 1644 concomitant concomitant JJ 1645 1655 activation activation NN 1656 1658 of of IN 1659 1662 the the DT 1663 1666 V-J v-j JJ 1667 1680 recombination recombination NN 1681 1683 of of IN 1684 1687 the the DT 1688 1693 kappa kappa NN 1694 1699 light light JJ 1700 1705 chain chain NN 1706 1711 locus locus NN 1711 1712 . . .