Promoter activity of the rat connexin 43 gene in NRK cells

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 514-522

  Fernandez Cobo, Mariana ^a,b   Stewart, Dylan ^a   Drujan, Doreen ^a   De Maio, Antonio ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Administracion Nacional de Laboratorios E Institutos de Salud Dr Carlos G Malbran   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Gap junctions; Gene expression; Sp 1; Transcription

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; GROWTH HORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GAP JUNCTION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; KIDNEY CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CONNEXIN 43; DNA; GENES, REPORTER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; SP1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP-1;

EID: 0035041140     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-4644(20010601)81:3<514::AID-JCB1065>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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