C/EBPα and C/EBPδ activate the Clara cell secretory protein gene through interaction with two adjacent C/EBP-binding sites

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 469-480

  Cassel, Tobias N ^a   Nordlund Moller, Lena ^a   Andersson, Olof ^a   Gustafsson, Jan Åke ^a   Nord, Magnus ^a  

^a Dept of Medical Nutrition ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MURINAE;

CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; CLARA CELL SPECIFIC PROTEIN; CLARA CELL-SPECIFIC PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UTEROGLOBIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRAIN COS1; CERCOPITHECUS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIMERIZATION; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ENHANCER REGION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; LUNG TUMOR; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSACTIVATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; DIMERIZATION; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSFECTION; UTEROGLOBIN;

EID: 0034167139     PISSN: 10441549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1165/ajrcmb.22.4.3916     Document Type: Article

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