SOX9 is a potent activator of the chondrocyte-specific enhancer of the proα1(II) collagen gene

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 2336-2346

  Lefebvre, Véronique ^a   Huang, Wendong ^a   Harley, Vincent R ^b,d   Goodfellow, Peter N ^b,e   De Crombrugghe, Benoit ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROCOLLAGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BONE MALFORMATION; CARTILAGE CELL; CARTILAGE MATRIX; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHONDROGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; RAT;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0030899814     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.17.4.2336     Document Type: Article

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