Identification and Characterization of the Hematopoietic Cell-Specific Enhancer-Like Element of the Mouse Hex Gene

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 259-268

  Sato, Ayuko ^a   Keng, Vincent W ^a,c   Yamamoto, Taichi ^a   Kasamatsu, Shinya ^a   Ban, Tomoko ^a   Tanaka, Hironori ^a   Satoh, Shin Ichi ^a   Yamada, Kazuya ^b,c   Noguchi, Tamio ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

C Myb; GATA; Hematopoiesis; Hex; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN C MYB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; DELETION MUTANT; ENHANCER REGION; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; LEUKEMIA CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, REPORTER; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; K562 CELLS; LUCIFERASES; MICE; MUTATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYB; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1842633363     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvh031     Document Type: Article

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