Role of the Transcription Factor C/EBPϟ in Expression of a Rat Pregnancy-Specific Glycoprotein Gene

DNA and Cell Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 1995, Pages 681-688

  Chen, Hungwen ^a   Lin, Baochuan ^a   Chen, Chao Ling ^b   Johnson, Peter F ^c   Chou, Janice Yang ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN; PLACENTA PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DNA LIBRARY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLYCOPROTEINS; LEUCINE ZIPPERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL LACTOGEN; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; PROLACTIN; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0029157252     PISSN: 10445498     EISSN: 15577430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dna.1995.14.681     Document Type: Article

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