Characterization of a novel protein kinase C response element in the glucagon gene

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1805-1816

  Fürstenau, Ursel ^a   Schwaninger, Markus ^a,b   Blume, Roland ^a   Kennerknecht, Ilka ^a   Knepel, Willhart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CYCLIC AMP; FORSKOLIN; GLUCAGON; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROTEIN KINASE C; RAS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0039699820     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.4.1805     Document Type: Article

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