Smooth muscle α-actin gene requires two E-boxes for proper expression in vivo and is a target of class I basic helix-loop-helix proteins

Circulation Research

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 840-847

  Kumar, Meena S ^c   Hendrix, Jennifer A ^c   Johnson, A Daniel ^a   Owens, Gary K ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Basic helix loop helix protein; E box; Smooth muscle actin; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; PROTEIN E12; PROTEIN E2 2; PROTEIN E47; PROTEIN HEB; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRAIN 3T3; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MARKER GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

3T3 CELLS; ACTINS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BINDING SITES; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; HUMANS; INHIBITOR OF DIFFERENTIATION PROTEIN 2; LAC OPERON; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFECTION; TWIST TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 0038370027     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.0000069031.55281.7C     Document Type: Article

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