Decreased expression and activity of the immediate-early growth response (Egr-1) gene product during cellular senescence

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-39

  Meyyappan, Muthupalaniappan ^a   Wheaton, Keith ^a   Riabowol, Karl T ^a  

^a Health Sciences Centre Calgary   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CELL PROLIFERATION; DIPLOIDY; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIFESPAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE;

CELL AGING; CELLS, CULTURED; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; FIBROBLASTS; GENES, FOS; GENES, IMMEDIATE-EARLY; HUMANS; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0033050691     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4652(199904)179:1<29::AID-JCP4>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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