A 310-bp minimal promoter mediates smooth muscle cell-specific expression of telokin

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 274, Issue 5 43-5, 1998, Pages

  Smith, Aiping F ^a   Bigsby, Robert M ^a   Word, R Ann ^b   Herring, B Paul ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen response element; Myosin light chain kinase; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN KINASE; PROTEIN; TELOKIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS LARGE T ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RODENTIA; SIMIAE; SIMIAN VIRUS; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; TRIXIS;

EID: 0031832013     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1998.274.5.c1188     Document Type: Article

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