Involvement of mi-transcription factor in expression of α-melanocyte- stimulating hormone receptor in cultured mast cells of mice

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 855-860

  Adachi, Shiro ^a   Morii, Eiichi ^a   Kim, Dae Ki ^a   Ogihara, Hideki ^a   Jippo, Tomoko ^a   Ito, Akihiko ^a   Lee, Young Mi ^a   Kitamura, Yukihiko ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; HORMONE RECEPTOR; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MI; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MAST CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSACTIVATION;

EID: 0034650695     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.164.2.855     Document Type: Article

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