Transient overexpression of mitochondrial transcription factor A (TFAM) is sufficient to stimulate mitochondrial DNA transcription, but not sufficient to increase mtDNA copy number in cultured cells

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 32, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 6015-6027

  Maniura Weber, Katharina ^a,d   Goffart, Steffi ^a   Garstka, Heike L ^b   Montoya, Julio ^c   Wiesner, Rudolf J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^d SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; MESSENGER RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR A; RIBONUCLEASE H; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPLETION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; DNA TRANSFER; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE NUMBER; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CELL LINE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ETHIDIUM; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 11344277076     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkh921     Document Type: Article

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