Octamer Motif is Required for the NF-κB-mediated Induction of the Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Gene Expression in RAW 264.7 Macrophages

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 99-109

  Kim, Yong Man ^a   Ko, Chang Bo ^a   Park, Yuk Pheel ^a   Kim, Yung Jin ^a   Paik, Sang Gi ^a  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase; NF B; Octamer Motif; RAW 264.7 Cell; Transcription Regulation

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HCFC1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; HOST CELL FACTOR C1; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NF KAPPA B KINASE; NF-KAPPA B KINASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NOS2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; POU2F1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MACROMOLECULE; MACROPHAGE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOST CELL FACTOR C1; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MACROPHAGES; MICE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-1; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0033611649     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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