Evolutionarily conserved promoter region containing CArG*-like elements is crucial for smooth muscle myosin heavy chain gene expression

Circulation Research

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 566-575

  Zilberman, A ^b   Dave, V ^b   Miano, J ^b   Olson, E N ^b   Periasamy, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Myosin heavy chain I gene expression; Smooth muscle cell

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BINDING SITE; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0032559769     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.82.5.566     Document Type: Article

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