The κB enhancer of the human interleukin-6 promoter is necessary and sufficient to confer an IL-1β and TNF-α response in transfected human cell lines: Requirement for members of the C/EBP family for activity

Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 783-798

  Merola, Marcello ^a,b   Blanchard, Brigitte ^a   Tovey, Michael G ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; DNA BINDING; ENHANCER REGION; GENE INDUCTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OSTEOSARCOMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

EID: 0029910326     PISSN: 10799907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jir.1996.16.783     Document Type: Article

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