Ectopic expression of the CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein α promotes the adipogenic program in a variety of mouse fibroblastic cells

Genes and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 14, 1994, Pages 1654-1663

  Freytag, Svend O ^a   Paielli, Dell L ^a   Gilbert, Jeff D ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adipogenesis; C EBP ; differentiation; leucine zipper; retroviruses

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENHANCER REGION; FIBROBLAST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RETROVIRUS;

ANIMALIA; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0028129499     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.8.14.1654     Document Type: Article

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