Transcriptional regulation of the non-specific cross-reacting antigen gene, a member of the carcinoembryonic antigen gene family up-regulated in colorectal carcinomas

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 253, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 778-786

  Koops, M Derek ^a   Thompson, John ^c   Zimmermann, Wolfgang ^c   Stanners, Clifford P ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carcinoembryonic antigen gene family; Non specific cross reacting antigen; Stimulatory proteins 1 and 3; Transcriptional promoter; Upstream stimulatory factors 1 and 2

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CROSS REACTION; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ISOLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; BASE SEQUENCE; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UPSTREAM STIMULATORY FACTORS;

EID: 0032080241     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2530778.x     Document Type: Article

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