A GC-box is required for expression of the human vimentin gene

Gene

Volumn 235, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 69-75

  Izmailova, Elena S ^a   Wieczorek, Elzbieta ^a   Perkins, E Brent ^a   Zehner, Zendra E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

HeLa; Intermediate filaments; MCF 7; MDA MB 231; Sp family

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPORTER GENE;

BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CELL EXTRACTS; DNA; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA METHYLATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RESPONSE ELEMENTS; SP1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0032809684     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00209-7     Document Type: Article

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