Identification of a cis-acting element and a novel trans-acting factor of the glutamine synthetase gene in liver cells

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 284, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 377-383

  Gaunitz, Frank ^a   Weber, Simon ^a   Scheja, Ludger ^a,b   Gebhardt, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrophoretic mobility shift assay; Glutamine synthetase gene; Luciferase assay; Transcription factor; UV cross linking

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; TRANS ACTING FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; ENHANCER REGION; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; LIVER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0034816246     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.4967     Document Type: Article

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