Sp1 and Sp3 activate the rat connexin40 proximal promoter

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 292, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 71-78

  Teunissen, Birgit E J ^a   Van Amersfoorth, Shirley C M ^a   Opthof, Tobias ^a   Jongsma, Habo J ^a   Bierhuizen, Marti F A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Connexin40; Gap junctions; Gene expression; Promoter; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 40; DNA; LUCIFERASE; PREGNANCY SPECIFIC BETA1 GLYCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN SP 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL LINE; CODING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DROSOPHILA; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; EMBRYO CELL; ENZYME ASSAY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; MUTATION; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE; THORACIC AORTA; TRANSACTIVATION;

EID: 0036297461     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2002.6621     Document Type: Article

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