Human subtilisin-like proprotein convertase, PACE4 (SPC4) gene expression is highly regulated through E-box elements in HepG2 and GH4C1 cells

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 494-502

  Tsuji, Akihiko ^a   Yoshida, Shigeru ^a,b   Hasegawa, Shin Ichi ^a   Bando, Miwa ^a   Yoshida, Ichiro ^a   Koide, Shizuyo ^a   Mori, Kenji ^a   Matsuda, Yoshiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b ASTELLAS PHARMA INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

bHLH; E box; PACE4; Proprotein convertase; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

DNA; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE; SUBTILISIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REPORTER GENE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032824581     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a022478     Document Type: Article

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