Androgen regulated genes from prostate and seminal vesicle share upstream sequence homologies.

The genes for seminal vesicle secretory protein IV and prostate steroid binding protein component 3 of the rat share upstream homologies of which the most striking is a 30 nucleotide sequence located between position -190 and -330 relative to the major transcriptional initiation sites. This sequence does not appear to be a common repetitive element and deserves consideration as a potential site involved in the androgen regulated expression of these genes.