Repression of MHC class II gene transcription in trophoblast cells by novel single-stranded DNA binding proteins

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 390-403

  Murphy, Shawn P ^a   Gollnick, Sandra O ^a   Pazmany, Tamas ^a   Maier, Patricia ^a   Elkin, Galina ^a   Tomasi, Thomas B ^a  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

MHC class II genes; Negative regulatory element; Transcription; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; ENHANCER REGION; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, MHC CLASS II; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFECTION; TROPHOBLASTS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030904847     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199708)47:4<390::AID-MRD5>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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