Identification of benzo[a]pyrene-inducible cis-acting elements within c- Ha-ras transcriptional regulatory sequences

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 974-982

  Bral, C M ^a   Ramos, K S ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZO[A]PYRENE; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ONCOPROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH REGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE H RAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0031439928     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.52.6.974     Document Type: Article

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