Characterization of the human UDP-galactose: Ceramide galactosyltransferase gene promoter

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Structure and Expression

Volumn 1517, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 416-423

  Tencomnao, Tewin ^a,b   Yu, Robert K ^a,b   Kapitonov, Dmitri ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Myelination; Promoter; Transcription; Uridine diphosphate galactose:ceramide galactosyltransferase

Indexed keywords

CELL ENZYME; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; NUCLEAR FACTOR I; TRANS ACTING FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1; UDP GALACTOSE:CERAMIDE GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL LINE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA LIBRARY; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MYELINATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; DNA PRIMERS; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; GANGLIOSIDE GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0035895812     PISSN: 01674781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4781(00)00283-9     Document Type: Article

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