A 28-bp negative element with multiple factor-binding activity controls expression of the vimentin-encoding gene

Gene

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 261-266

  Moura Neto, Vivaldo ^a,c   Kryszke, Marie Hélène ^a,d   Li, Zhenlin ^a   Vicart, Patrick ^a   Lilienbaum, Alain ^a   Paulin, Denise ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

C2.7 muscle cells; Chloramphenicol acetyltransferase assay; DNase I footprinting; Electrophoretic mobility shift assay; Intermediate filament; Promoter; Silencer; Southwestern blot; Trans acting factor; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; TRANS ACTING FACTOR; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; ENHANCER REGION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0030062159     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(95)00789-X     Document Type: Article

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