Cell-specific transcriptional regulation and reactivation of galectin-1 gene expression are controlled by DNA methylation of the promoter region

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2736-2743

  Benvenuto, Giovanna ^a   Carpentieri, Maria L ^a   Salvatore, Paola ^a   Cindolo, Luca ^a   Bruni, Carmelo B ^a,b   Chiariotti, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Pediatria   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; FIBROBLAST; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; APOGON BRACHYGRAMMUS; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0029982650     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.6.2736     Document Type: Article

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