Induction of the C/EBPβ gene by dexamethasone and glucagon in primary-cultured rat hepatocytes

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 524-532

  Matsuno, Fumihiko ^a   Chowdhury, Shoaib ^a   Gotoh, Tomomi ^a   Iwase, Katsuro ^a   Matsuzaki, Hiromitsu ^a   Takatsuki, Kiyoshi ^a   Mori, Masataka ^a   Takiguchi, Masaki ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

C EBP ; Dexamethasone; Glucagon; Liver; Primary hepatocytes

Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXIMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GLUCAGON; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; GENE INDUCTION; HORMONAL REGULATION; LIVER CELL CULTURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUCAGON; LIVER; MALE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0029670412     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021273     Document Type: Article

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