Evidence of alternative promoters directing isoform-specific expression of human endothelin-converting enzyme-1 mRNA in cultured endothelial cells

Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 512-521

  Orzechowski, Hans Dieter ^a,c   Richter, Claus Michael ^a   Funke Kaiser, Heiko ^a   Kroger, Burkhard ^b   Schmidt, Martin ^b   Menzel, Stefan ^a   Bohnemeier, Holger ^a   Paul, Martin ^a,c  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b BASF SE   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alternative promoter; Endothelial gene expression; Endothelin converting enzyme; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN CONVERTING ENZYME; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; DELETION MUTANT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ENDOTHELIN-1; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES; HUMANS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 0030793366     PISSN: 09462716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001090050136     Document Type: Article

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