0 9 Structure structure NN 10 13 and and CC 14 22 function function NN 23 31 analysis analysis NN 32 34 of of IN 35 38 the the DT 39 44 human human JJ 45 52 myeloid myeloid JJ 53 57 cell cell NN 58 65 nuclear nuclear JJ 66 81 differentiation differentiation NN 82 89 antigen antigen NN 90 98 promoter promoter NN 98 99 : : : 100 108 evidence evidence NN 109 112 for for IN 113 116 the the DT 117 121 role role NN 122 124 of of IN 125 128 Sp1 Sp1 NNP 129 132 and and CC 133 136 not not RB 137 139 of of IN 140 145 c-Myb c-myb NN 146 148 or or CC 149 153 PU.1 pu.1 NN 154 156 in in IN 157 171 myelomonocytic myelomonocytic JJ 172 188 lineage-specific lineage-specific JJ 189 199 expression expression NN 199 200 . . . 202 205 The the DT 206 211 human human JJ 212 219 myeloid myeloid JJ 220 227 nuclear nuclear JJ 228 243 differentiation differentiation NN 244 251 antigen antigen NN 252 253 ( ( ( 253 257 MNDA MNDA NNP 257 258 ) ) ) 259 261 is be VBZ 262 271 expressed express VBN 272 284 specifically specifically RB 285 287 in in IN 288 296 maturing mature VBG 297 302 cells cell NNS 303 305 of of IN 306 309 the the DT 310 324 myelomonocytic myelomonocytic JJ 325 332 lineage lineage NN 333 336 and and CC 337 339 in in IN 340 349 monocytes monocyte NNS 350 353 and and CC 354 366 granulocytes granulocyte NNS 366 367 . . . 368 375 Epitope Epitope NNP 376 387 enhancement enhancement NN 388 391 was be VBD 392 396 used use VBN 397 399 to to TO 400 407 confirm confirm VB 408 411 the the DT 412 418 strict strict JJ 419 427 lineage- lineage- NN 428 431 and and CC 432 446 stage-specific stage-specific JJ 447 457 expression expression NN 458 460 of of IN 461 465 MNDA MNDA NNP 466 468 in in IN 469 473 bone bone NN 474 480 marrow marrow NN 481 483 as as RB 484 488 well well RB 489 491 as as IN 492 494 in in IN 495 500 other other JJ 501 518 paraffin-embedded paraffin-embedded JJ 519 524 fixed fixed JJ 525 532 tissues tissue NNS 532 533 . . . 534 535 A a DT 536 540 1-kb 1-kb JJ 541 547 region region NN 548 550 of of IN 551 554 the the DT 555 559 gene gene NN 560 564 that that WDT 565 573 includes include VBZ 574 575 5 5 CD 575 576 ’ ' SYM 577 585 flanking flanking NN 586 594 sequence sequence NN 595 598 was be VBD 599 607 reported report VBN 608 615 earlier earlier RBR 616 618 to to TO 619 626 contain contain VB 627 637 functional functional JJ 638 646 promoter promoter NN 647 655 activity activity NN 656 659 and and CC 660 663 was be VBD 664 676 specifically specifically RB 677 689 demethylated demethylate VBN 690 692 in in IN 693 703 expressing express VBG 704 709 cells cell NNS 710 712 in in IN 713 721 contrast contrast NN 722 724 to to TO 725 729 null null JJ 730 735 cells cell NNS 735 736 . . . 737 744 Further further JJ 745 753 analysis analysis NN 754 757 has have VBZ 758 766 revealed reveal VBN 767 771 that that IN 772 776 this this DT 777 781 1-kb 1-kb JJ 782 790 fragment fragment NN 791 799 promotes promote VBZ 800 806 higher high JJR 807 815 reporter reporter NN 816 820 gene gene NN 821 829 activity activity NN 830 832 in in IN 833 848 MNDA-expressing mnda-expressing JJ 849 854 cells cell NNS 855 859 than than IN 860 874 non-expressing non-expressing JJ 875 880 cells cell NNS 880 881 , , , 882 892 indicating indicate VBG 893 906 cell-specific cell-specific JJ 907 918 differences difference NNS 919 921 in in IN 922 937 transactivation transactivation NN 937 938 . . . 939 943 This this DT 944 952 sequence sequence NN 953 961 contains contain VBZ 962 971 consensus consensus NN 972 980 elements element NNS 981 991 consistent consistent JJ 992 996 with with IN 997 1013 myeloid-specific myeloid-specific JJ 1014 1018 gene gene NN 1019 1029 expression expression NN 1029 1030 , , , 1031 1040 including include VBG 1041 1042 a a DT 1043 1047 PU.1 pu.1 NN 1048 1057 consensus consensus NN 1058 1062 site site NN 1063 1067 near near IN 1068 1071 the the DT 1072 1077 major major JJ 1078 1091 transcription transcription NN 1092 1097 start start NN 1098 1102 site site NN 1103 1106 and and CC 1107 1108 a a DT 1109 1116 cluster cluster NN 1117 1119 of of IN 1120 1125 c-Myb c-myb NN 1126 1131 sites site NNS 1132 1139 located located JJ 1140 1147 several several JJ 1148 1155 hundred hundred CD 1156 1161 bases base NNS 1162 1170 upstream upstream RB 1171 1173 of of IN 1174 1178 this this DT 1179 1185 region region NN 1185 1186 . . . 1187 1194 However however RB 1194 1195 , , , 1196 1204 analysis analysis NN 1205 1207 of of IN 1208 1216 deletion deletion NN 1217 1224 mutants mutant NNS 1225 1234 localized localize VBD 1235 1241 nearly nearly RB 1242 1245 all all DT 1246 1248 of of IN 1249 1252 the the DT 1253 1261 promoter promoter NN 1262 1270 activity activity NN 1271 1273 to to TO 1274 1275 a a DT 1276 1281 short short JJ 1282 1288 region region NN 1289 1290 ( ( ( 1290 1293 -73 -73 CD 1294 1296 to to TO 1297 1300 -16 -16 CD 1300 1301 ) ) ) 1302 1306 that that WDT 1307 1310 did do VBD 1311 1314 not not RB 1315 1322 include include VB 1323 1326 the the DT 1327 1334 cluster cluster NN 1335 1337 of of IN 1338 1343 c-Myb c-myb NN 1344 1349 sites site NNS 1349 1350 . . . 1351 1352 A a DT 1353 1357 4-bp 4-bp JJ 1358 1366 mutation mutation NN 1367 1369 of of IN 1370 1373 the the DT 1374 1378 core core NN 1379 1382 Sp1 sp1 NN 1383 1392 consensus consensus NN 1393 1400 element element NN 1401 1402 ( ( ( 1402 1404 GC GC NNP 1405 1408 box box NN 1408 1409 ) ) ) 1410 1411 ( ( ( 1411 1414 -20 -20 CD 1414 1415 ) ) ) 1416 1423 reduced reduce VBD 1424 1431 overall overall JJ 1432 1440 promoter promoter NN 1441 1449 activity activity NN 1450 1452 of of IN 1453 1456 the the DT 1457 1461 1-kb 1-kb JJ 1462 1470 fragment fragment NN 1470 1471 . . . 1472 1480 Mutation mutation NN 1481 1483 of of IN 1484 1487 the the DT 1488 1492 PU.1 pu.1 NN 1493 1497 site site NN 1498 1501 did do VBD 1502 1505 not not RB 1506 1519 significantly significantly RB 1520 1526 affect affect VB 1527 1535 promoter promoter NN 1536 1544 activity activity NN 1544 1545 . . . 1546 1550 Only only RB 1551 1552 a a DT 1553 1558 small small JJ 1559 1565 region region NN 1566 1567 ( ( ( 1567 1570 -35 -35 CD 1571 1573 to to TO 1574 1577 +22 +22 CD 1577 1578 ) ) ) 1579 1588 including include VBG 1589 1592 the the DT 1593 1596 Sp1 sp1 NN 1597 1604 element element NN 1605 1608 and and CC 1609 1622 transcription transcription NN 1623 1628 start start NN 1629 1633 site site NN 1633 1634 , , , 1635 1638 but but CC 1639 1642 not not RB 1643 1646 the the DT 1647 1651 PU.1 pu.1 NN 1652 1656 site site NN 1657 1660 was be VBD 1661 1672 footprinted footprinte VBN 1672 1673 . . . 1674 1677 The the DT 1678 1682 4-bp 4-bp JJ 1683 1691 mutation mutation NN 1692 1694 of of IN 1695 1698 the the DT 1699 1703 core core NN 1704 1707 Sp1 sp1 NN 1708 1717 consensus consensus NN 1718 1725 element element NN 1726 1735 abolished abolish VBD 1736 1748 footprinting footprinting NN 1749 1751 at at IN 1752 1755 the the DT 1756 1760 site site NN 1761 1764 and and CC 1765 1767 an an DT 1768 1776 antibody antibody NN 1777 1788 super-shift super-shift JJ 1789 1797 reaction reaction NN 1798 1804 showed show VBD 1805 1809 that that IN 1810 1813 Sp1 sp1 NN 1814 1816 is be VBZ 1817 1820 one one CD 1821 1823 of of IN 1824 1827 the the DT 1828 1835 factors factor NNS 1836 1843 binding bind VBG 1844 1847 the the DT 1848 1857 consensus consensus NN 1858 1862 site site NN 1862 1863 . . . 1864 1867 The the DT 1868 1871 Sp1 sp1 NN 1872 1876 site site NN 1877 1881 also also RB 1882 1894 co-localizes co-localize VBZ 1895 1899 with with IN 1900 1901 a a DT 1902 1907 DNase DNase NNP 1908 1909 I i CD 1910 1924 hypersensitive hypersensitive JJ 1925 1929 site site NN 1929 1930 . . . 1931 1934 The the DT 1935 1942 results result NNS 1943 1951 indicate indicate VBP 1952 1956 that that IN 1957 1960 DNA dna NN 1961 1972 methylation methylation NN 1972 1973 , , , 1974 1983 chromatin chromatin NN 1984 1993 structure structure NN 1993 1994 , , , 1995 1998 and and CC 1999 2014 transactivation transactivation NN 2015 2017 at at IN 2018 2020 an an DT 2021 2024 Sp1 sp1 NN 2025 2029 site site NN 2030 2040 contribute contribute VBP 2041 2043 to to TO 2044 2047 the the DT 2048 2054 highly highly RB 2055 2065 restricted restricted JJ 2066 2076 expression expression NN 2077 2079 of of IN 2080 2084 this this DT 2085 2099 myelomonocytic myelomonocytic JJ 2100 2107 lineage lineage NN 2108 2116 specific specific JJ 2117 2121 gene gene NN 2121 2122 . . .