Oxygen-regulated erythropoietin gene expression is dependent on a CpG methylation-free hypoxia-inducible factor-1 DNA-binding site

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 253, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 771-777

  Wenger, Roland H ^a   Kvietikova, Ivica ^a   Rolfs, Andreas ^a   Camenisch, Gieri ^a   Gassmann, Max ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Erythropoietin; Gene expression; Hepatoma; Hypoxia; Methylation

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DNA BINDING; ERYTHROPOIESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; METHYLATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032079558     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2530771.x     Document Type: Article

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