Synergistic regulation of inducible nitric oxide synthase gene by CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein β and nuclear factor-κB in hepatocytes

Genes to Cells

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 321-330

  Sakitani, Kazushige ^a   Nishizawa, Mikio ^a   Inoue, Kyoichi ^a   Masu, Yasuo ^a   Okumura, Tadayoshi ^a   Ito, Seiji ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL CULTURE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; LIVER; LUCIFERASES; NF-KAPPA B; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031926009     PISSN: 13569597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2443.1998.00193.x     Document Type: Article

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