Transcriptional regulation of the human ABO histo-blood group genes is dependent on the N box upstream of the proximal promoter

Transfusion

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1741-1749

  Kominato, Yoshihiko ^a   Hata, Yukiko ^b   Matsui, Kazuhiro ^b   Takizawa, Hisao ^b   Tsukada, Jun Ichi ^b   Nakajima, Tamiko ^b   Kaneko, Yasushi ^b   Kishi, Koichiro ^b  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REGULATOR; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 10444251751     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0041-1132.2004.04028.x     Document Type: Article

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