C/EBP transcription factors in the lung epithelium

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 285, Issue 4 29-4, 2003, Pages

  Cassel, Tobias N ^a   Nord, Magnus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CCAAT enhancer binding protein; Differentiation; Gene expression regulation; Proliferation regulation

Indexed keywords

CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN BETA; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN DELTA; CLARA CELL PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME P450 2B1; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; NUCLEAR FACTOR; SECRETORY PROTEIN; SURFACTANT PROTEIN A; SURFACTANT PROTEIN D; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLARA CELL; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW;

EID: 0141497319     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00023.2003     Document Type: Review

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