A novel transcriptional regulatory region within the core promoter of the hepatocyte growth factor gene is responsible for its inducibility by cytokines via the C/EBP family of transcription factors

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 5758-5770

  Jiang, Jie Gen ^a   Zarnegar, Reza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; CYTOKINE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; SCATTER FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; LIVER REGENERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030747204     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.10.5758     Document Type: Article

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