Autokinase activity of α-crystallin inhibits its specific interaction with the DOTIS element in the murine γD/E/F-Crystallin promoter in vitro

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 378, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1183-1186

  Pietrowski, Detlef ^a,b   Graw, Jochen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

crystallin; DNA protein interaction; Phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CATTLE; CRYSTALLINS; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN KINASES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

MURINAE;

EID: 0030684773     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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