Regulation of Pdha-2 expression is mediated by proximal promoter sequences and CpG methylation

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 612-619

  Iannello, Rocco C ^a   Young, Julia ^a   Sumarsono, Sony ^a   Tymms, Martin J ^a   Dahl, Hans Henrik M ^b   Gould, Jodee ^a   Hedger, Mark ^a   Kola, Ismail ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; METHYLATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0031053351     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.2.612     Document Type: Article

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