Involvement of Sp1 elements in the promoter activity of genes affected in keratoconus

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1980-1985

  Maruyama, Y ^a   Wang, X ^a   Li, Y ^a   Sugar, J ^a   Yue, B Y J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; CATHEPSIN B; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KERATOCONUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA 1-ANTITRYPSIN; ALPHA-MACROGLOBULINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CATHEPSIN B; CHILD; CORNEAL STROMA; DNA PRIMERS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SKIN; SP1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0034898591     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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