USF1 and USF2 mediate inhibition of human trophoblast differentiation and CYP19 gene expression by Mash-2 and hypoxia

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 6117-6128

  Jiang, Bing ^a   Mendelson, Carole R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; CYTOCHROME P450 ISOENZYME; GENE PRODUCT; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MASH 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UPSTREAM STIMULATORY FACTOR 1; UPSTREAM STIMULATORY FACTOR 2;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYP19 GENE; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; DNA BINDING; E BOX ELEMENT; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOXIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TROPHOBLAST;

AROMATASE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BINDING SITES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL HYPOXIA; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOPLASM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EXONS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LEUCINE ZIPPERS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TROPHOBLASTS; UPSTREAM STIMULATORY FACTORS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0042470622     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.23.17.6117-6128.2003     Document Type: Article

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