CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein β (C/EBPβ) binds and activates while hepatocyte nuclear factor-4 (HNF-4) does not bind but represses the liver-type arginase promoter

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 236, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 500-509

  Chowdhury, Shoaib ^a   Gotoh, Tomomi ^a   Mori, Masataka ^a   Takiguchi, Masaki ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

arginase gene; CCAAT enhancer binding protein; gene regulation; hepatocyte nuclear factor; transcription factor

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; NUCLEAR FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ENHANCER REGION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIVER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; RAT; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; RNA TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0029874755     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.00500.x     Document Type: Article

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