Constitutive silencing of IFN-β promoter is mediated by NRF (NF-κB-repressing factor), a nuclear inhibitor of NF-κB

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 6415-6425

  Nourbakhsh, Mahtab ^a   Hauser, Hansjörg ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

IFN ; NF B; NRF; Silencing; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

BETA INTERFERON; BINDING PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; INTERFERON-BETA; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NF-KAPPA B; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0033570917     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.22.6415     Document Type: Article

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