Glucagon gene G3 enhancer: Evidence that activity depends on combination of an islet-specific factor and a winged helix protein

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 378, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 89-98

  Diedrich, Thomas ^a   Fürstenau, Ursel ^a   Knepel, Willhart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Insulin; Pancreatic islets; Somatostatin; Transcription; subunit glycoprotein hormone

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GLUCAGON; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; INSULIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; SOMATOSTATIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; ENHANCER REGION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET ALPHA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0342618406     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bchm.1997.378.2.89     Document Type: Article

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