Examination of the molecular basis for the lack of αB-crystallin expression in L929 cells

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 170, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 31-42

  Blackburn, Robert V ^a   Galoforo, Sandra S ^a   Berns, Christine M ^a   Corry, Peter M ^a   Klemenz, Roman ^b   Lee, Yong J ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

B crystallin; Genomic footprinting; L929 cells; Methylation

Indexed keywords

AZACITIDINE; CRYSTALLIN; DEXAMETHASONE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CELL STRAIN L 929; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HEAT SHOCK; METHYLATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CRYSTALLINS; DNA PRIMERS; GENES, REPORTER; HEAT; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0030981835     PISSN: 03008177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006810005545     Document Type: Article

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