Organization and regulation of the rat Cx31 gene: Implication for a crucial role of the intron region

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 268, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1749-1759

  Gabriel, Heinz Dieter ^a   Ströbl, Barabara ^a   Hellmann, Peter ^a   Buettner, Reinhard ^b   Winterhager, Elke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Connexin31; Intron; Promoter analysis; Rat

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 31; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENHANCER REGION; EXON; GENE CONTROL; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; INTRON; KERATINOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA SPLICING; RNA STABILITY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CONNEXINS; DNA; EXONS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; INTRONS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0034819214     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2001.02040.x     Document Type: Article

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