Regulation of transcription of the TATA-less human complement component C4 gene

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 160, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 4353-4360

  Vaishnaw, Akshay K ^a,b   Mitchell, Tracey J ^a   Rose, S Jane ^a   Walport, Mark J ^a   Morley, Bernard J ^a,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; NUCLEAR FACTOR I; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; REPORTER GENE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; COMPLEMENT C4; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032080786     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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