Characterization of the survival motor neuron (SMN) promoter provide evidence for complex combinatorial regulation in undifferentiated and differentiated P19 cells

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 385, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 433-443

  Rouget, Raphaël ^a   Vigneault, François ^b   Codio, Circé ^a   Rochette, Camille ^a   Paradis, Isabelle ^b   Drouin, Régen ^b   Simard, Louise R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cellular differentiation; P19 cell; Sp1 and Ets cis elements; Spinal muscular atrophy; Survival motor neuron gene; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CELL CULTURE; CHROMOSOMES; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEINS; SILICA;

AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDER; MOUSE PROMOTERS; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; SURVIVAL MOTOR NEURON (SMN);

GENES;

CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN DELTA; SURVIVAL MOTOR NEURON PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; SURVIVAL MOTOR NEURON 1 GENE; SURVIVAL MOTOR NEURON 2 GENE; SURVIVAL MOTOR NEURON GENE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 12844281113     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20041024     Document Type: Article

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