Characterization of the rat connexin40 promoter: Two Sp1/Sp3 binding sites contribute to transcriptional activation

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 511-522

  Bierhuizen, Marti F A ^a   Van Amersfoorth, Shirley C M ^a   Groenewegen, W Antoinette ^a   Vliex, Saskia ^a   Jongsma, Habo J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gap junctions; Gene expression

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 40; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP3;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; GAP JUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REPORTER GENE; THORACIC AORTA; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELLS, CULTURED; CONNEXINS; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOCARDIUM; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; SP1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0034110703     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6363(00)00041-9     Document Type: Article

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