Molecular determinants of NOTCH4 transcription in vascular endothelium

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1458-1474

  Wu, Jing ^a   Iwata, Fumiko ^b   Grass, Jeffrey A ^a   Osborne, Cameron S ^c   Elnitski, Laura ^d   Fraser, Peter ^c   Ohneda, Osamu ^b   Yamamoto, Masayuki ^b   Bresnick, Emery H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NOTCH4 RECEPTOR; RNA;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANGIOGENIC VASCULAR REMODELING; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL TYPE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

5' FLANKING REGION; ALLELES; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYO; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HELA CELLS; HISTONES; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INTRONS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTOR, NOTCH1; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP-1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 13444301186     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.25.4.1458-1474.2005     Document Type: Article

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