Hepatocyte nuclear factor-6 stimulates transcription of the α-fetoprotein gene and synergizes with the retinoic-acid-receptor-related orphan receptor α-4

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 369, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 583-591

  Nacer Cherif, Habib ^a,b   Bois Joyeux, Brigitte ^a,b   Rousseau, Guy G ^c   Lemaigre, Frédéric P ^c   Danan, Jean Louis ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Liver differentiation; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENES; ORGANIC ACIDS; PROTEINS;

TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ASPARTYLARGINYLARGINYLTHREONYLCYSTEINYLVALYLALANYLTHREONYLASPARAGINYLASPART IC ACID; CURVED DNA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 6; ISOPROTEIN; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR RELATED ORPHAN RECEPTOR ALPHA 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN GENE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RAT; STEREOSPECIFICITY;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DNA; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 6; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0037330235     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20021229     Document Type: Article

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