Tissue-specific regulation of the insulin gene by a novel basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor

Genes and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1995, Pages 1009-1019

  Naya, Francisco J ^a   Stellrecht, Christine M M ^a   Tsai, Ming Jer ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

BETA2; bHLH domain; Insulin gene; Synergism; Tissue specificity; Transcription

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; INSULIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRAIN BHK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HAMSTER; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSACTIVATION; TUMOR CELL LINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; INSULIN; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, MESSENGER; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; YEASTS;

EID: 0028941181     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.9.8.1009     Document Type: Article

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