Oxygen sensing, hypoxia-inducible factor-1 and the regulation of mammalian gene expression

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1153-1162

  Ratcliffe, Peter J ^a   O'Rourke, John F ^a   Maxwell, Patrick H ^a   Pugh, Christopher W ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Erythropoietin; Hypoxia inducible factor 1; Oxygen; Redox; Transcription

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HIF1A PROTEIN, HUMAN; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; OXYGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; CELL HYPOXIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; CELL HYPOXIA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1; HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1, ALPHA SUBUNIT; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OXYGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032053169     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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