Altered DNA-binding specificity mutants of EKLF and Sp1 show that EKLF is an activator of the β-globin locus control region in vivo

Genes and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 2863-2873

  Gillemans, Nynke ^a   Tewari, Rita ^a   Lindeboom, Fokke ^a   Rottier, Robbert ^a   De Wit, Ton ^a   Wijgerde, Mark ^a   Grosveld, Frank ^a   Philipsen, Sjaak ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Binding site specificity; EKLF; Globin; Locus control region; Sp1; Transcriptional activation; Zinc fingers

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BETA GLOBIN; DNA; ERYTHROID KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; FETUS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0032530169     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.12.18.2863     Document Type: Article

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