Tissue-specific expression of human acahaete-scute homologue-1 in neuroendocrine tumors: Transcriptional regulation by dual inhibitory regions

Cell Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 677-686

  Chen, Herbert ^a   Biel, Margaret A ^a   Borges, Michael W ^a   Thiagalingam, Arunthathi ^a   Nelkin, Barry D ^a   Baylin, Stephen B ^a   Ball, Douglas W ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 12; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENOMIC LIBRARY; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RIBONUCLEASES; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0030908839     PISSN: 10449523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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