The promoter of the C1 inhibitor gene contains a polypurine·polypyrimidine segment that enhances transcriptional activity

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 162, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 7249-7255

  Zahedi, Kamyar ^a,b   Bissler, John J ^b   Prada, Anne E ^b   Prada, Jorge A ^b   Davis III, Alvin E ^b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1S INHIBITOR; CYTOSINE; DNA; NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPLEMENT C1 INACTIVATOR PROTEINS; DNA; DNA, NEOPLASM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PURINES; PYRIMIDINES; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0033564669     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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