An initiator element and a proximal cis-acting sequence are essential for transcriptional activation of the complement factor I (CFI) gene

Gene

Volumn 237, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-80

  Paramaswara, Bamini ^a   Minta, Joe O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complement factor I; CTGGA element; Initiator element; Promoter activity

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; COMPLEMENT FACTOR I;

ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; DELETION MUTANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL EXTRACTS; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; COMPLEMENT FACTOR I; DNA; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; MICE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0032817319     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00304-2     Document Type: Article

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