Hypotonicity increases transcription, expression, and action of Egr-1 in murine renal medullary mIMCD3 cells

American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 5 42-5, 1997, Pages

  Zhang, Zheng ^a   Cohen, David M ^a,b  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PP262   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypertonicity; Kidney; Water

Indexed keywords

DNA; LUCIFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; WATER; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; FLUOROMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; KIDNEY COLLECTING TUBULE; KIDNEY MEDULLA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0030682176     PISSN: 1931857X     EISSN: 15221466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.1997.273.5.f837     Document Type: Article

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