Myogenic basic helix-loop-helix proteins and Sp1 interact as components of a multiprotein transcriptional complex required for activity of the human cardiac α-actin promoter

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 2577-2584

  Biesiada, Elzbieta ^a,d   Hamamori, Yasuo ^a   Kedes, Larry ^a   Sartorelli, Vittorio ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c Institute for Genetic Medicine   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF ORANGE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; GENE ACTIVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 0032911182     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.19.4.2577     Document Type: Article

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