Sp1- and octamer-consensus sequence binding proteins during lens fibre differentiation

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 295-299

  Brunekreef, Gerd A ^a   Van Genesen, Siebe T ^a   Lubsen, Nicolette H ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lens fibre differentiation; Octamer binding site; POU proteins; Sp1 binding site; crystallin promoter

Indexed keywords

GAMMA CRYSTALLIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; LENS FIBER; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0031106295     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1996.0289     Document Type: Article

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