Role for the Rana catesbeiana homologue of C/EBPα in the reprogramming of gene expression in the liver of metamorphosing tadpoles

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 152-162

  Chen, Yuqing ^a   Atkinson, Burr G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

C EBP ; carbamyl phosphate synthetase I; gene expression; ornithine transcarbamylase; thyroid hormone induced amphibian metamorphosis

Indexed keywords

CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FROG; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIVER; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; TADPOLE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBAMOYL-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE (AMMONIA); CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RANA CATESBEIANA; RECEPTORS, THYROID HORMONE; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRIIODOTHYRONINE; UP-REGULATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; MAMMALIA; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 0030934686     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6408(1997)20:2<152::AID-DVG8>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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