Three alternative promoters of the rat γ-glutamyl transferase gene are active in developing lung and are differentially regulated by oxygen after birth

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1774-1779

  Joyce Brady, Martin ^a,c   Oakes, Sean M ^a   Wuthrich, Daniel ^a   Laperche, Yannick ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Pulmonary Center   (United States)

Author keywords

alveolar epithelium; development; hyperoxia; hypoxia

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BINDING PROTEIN; CARBON MONOXIDE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEME; MESSENGER RNA; OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS LUNG; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPEROXIA; HYPOXIA; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; REPORTER GENE;

EID: 0029866242     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI118605     Document Type: Article

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