Involvement of SOX proteins in lens-specific activation of crystallin genes

EMBO Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 14, 1995, Pages 3510-3519

  Kamachi, Yusuke ^a   Sockanathan, Shanthini ^b   Liu, Qiurong ^c   Breitman, Martin ^c   Lovell Badge, Robin ^b   Kondoh, Hisato ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crystallin; HMG box; Lens; Sox; Transcriptional activation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CRYSTALLIN; DELTA CRYSTALLIN; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GAMMA CRYSTALLIN; LENS PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE ACTIVATION; LENS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SEX DETERMINATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0029031617     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1995.tb07357.x     Document Type: Article

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