Regulation of leptin promoter function by Sp1, C/EBP, and a novel factor

Endocrinology

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1013-1022

  Mason, Mark M ^a   He, Yufang ^a   Chen, Hui ^b   Quon, Michael J ^b   Reitman, Marc ^a,c,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Diabetes Branch   (United States)

^d Lucille P Markey Charitable Trust

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0031770679     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.139.3.5792     Document Type: Article

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