c-Jun (AP-1) activates BMP-4 transcription in Xenopus embryos

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 29-36

  Knöchel, Sigrun ^a   Schuler Metz, Annette ^a   Knöchel, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auto regulatory loop; BMP 4 promoter; c Jun (AP 1); Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; PROTEIN C JUN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZYGOSITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, JUN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP-1; XENOPUS;

EID: 0034333467     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(00)00448-2     Document Type: Article

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