Cis-regulatory sequences from the first intron of the rat glutamine synthetase gene are involved in hepatocyte specific expression of the enzyme

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 378, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-18

  Gaunitz, Frank ^a   Gaunitz, Christine ^a   Papke, Monika ^a   Gebhardt, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

C EBP; HNF3; Reporter gene assays; SP1; Transcription

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; LIVER CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RAT; REPORTER GENE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031057135     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bchm.1997.378.1.11     Document Type: Article

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