Functional characterization of the bovine conglutinin promoter: Presence of a novel element for transcriptional regulation of a C-type mammalian lectin containing a collagen-like domain

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1188-1197

  Kawasaki, Nobuko ^a,b   Satonaka, Mitsuko ^b   Imagawa, Masayoshi ^c   Naito, Haruna ^a,b   Kawasaki, Toshisuke ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Animal lectin; Collectin; Conglutinin; Gene expression; Luciferase

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; COLLAGEN; CONGLUTININ; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; LECTIN; LUCIFERASE; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1;

ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSFECTION; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; HEPATOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REPORTER GENE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032444267     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a022237     Document Type: Article

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