RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Activation by Diverse Xenochemicals of the 51-Base Pair Phenobarbital-Responsive Enhancer Module in the CYP2B10Gene JF Molecular Pharmacology JO Mol Pharmacol FD American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics SP 597 OP 601 DO 10.1124/mol.53.4.597 VO 53 IS 4 A1 Honkakoski, Paavo A1 Moore, Rick A1 Washburn, Kimberly A. A1 Negishi, Masahiko YR 1998 UL http://molpharm.aspetjournals.org/content/53/4/597.abstract AB By extending previous studies of the phenobarbital (PB)-responsive 132-base pair (bp) enhancer sequence in the CYP2B10gene, we have delimited a 51-bp enhancer element that is fully inducible by PB in mouse primary hepatocytes. Sixteen structurally unrelated phenobarbital-type inducers activated the 51-bp enhancer element in transient transfection assays. The results thus indicate that most PB-type inducers, if not all inducers, increase the transcription of the CYP2B10 gene by activating this 51-bp element, now designated PB-responsive enhancer module or PBREM.