A new long form of Sox5 (L-Sox5), Sox6 and Sox9 are coexpressed in chondrogenesis and cooperatively activate the type II collagen gene

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 5718-5733

  Lefebvre, Véronique ^a   Li, Ping ^a   De Crombrugghe, Benoit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Chondrogenesis; Collagen2; Sox5 Sox6; Sox9

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 2; DNA; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHONDROGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; GENE ACTIVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARTILAGE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHONDROGENESIS; COLLAGEN; DIMERIZATION; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032189223     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.19.5718     Document Type: Article

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