Transcriptional activation of the mouse peripherin gene by leukemia inhibitory factor: Involvement of STAT proteins

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 971-982

  Lecomte, Marie José ^a   Basseville, Monique ^a   Landon, Françoise ^a   Karpov, Vadim ^b   Fauquet, Mireille ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b ENGELHARDT INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Intermediate filament; Leukemia inhibitory factor; Peripherin regulation

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; LUCIFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; PERIPHERIN; STAT1 PROTEIN; STAT2 PROTEIN; STAT3 PROTEIN; THYMIDINE KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

EID: 0031915931     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1998.70030971.x     Document Type: Article

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