Transcriptional Control of the Mouse Col7a1 Gene in Keratinocytes: Basal and Transforming Growth Factor-β Regulated Expression

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1469-1478

  Naso, Michael ^a   Uitto, Jouni ^a   Klement, John F ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AP1; Promoter; Smad; Sp1; Sp3

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 7; SMAD PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BINDING SITE; BLISTER; CELL CULTURE; COL7A1 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDERMAL KERATINOCYTE; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA DYSTROPHICA; FIBER; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; KERATINOCYTE; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; P 560COL7A1 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SKIN FIBROBLAST; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0346363875     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1747.2003.12640.x     Document Type: Article

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