DNA methylation represses the murine α1(I) collagen promoter by an indirect mechanism

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 1994, Pages 5950-5960

  Rhodes, Katherine ^a   Rippe, Richard A ^b,c   Umezawa, Akihiro ^b   Nehls, Michael ^b   Brenner, David A ^b,c   Breindl, Michael ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; COLLAGEN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; EXON; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0027932393     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.14.9.5950     Document Type: Article

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