The helix-loop-helix transcription factor SEF-2 regulates the activity of a novel initiator element in the promoter of the human somatostatin receptor II gene

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 6680-6690

  Pscherer, Armin ^a   Dörflinger, Ulrike ^b   Kirfel, Jutta ^b,c   Gawlas, Katrin ^b   Rüschoff, Josef ^a   Buettner, Reinhard ^a   Schüle, Roland ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

bHLH transcription factors; Initiator sequences; Protein protein interaction; Somatostatin receptor; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; SOMATOSTATIN; SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA LIBRARY; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR GENE; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029850996     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb01058.x     Document Type: Article

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