Analysis of human UDP-glucose dehydrogenase gene promoter: Identification of an Sp1 binding site crucial for the expression of the large transcript

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 703-709

  Vatsyayan, Jaya ^a   Peng, Hwei Ling ^b   Chang, Hwan You ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

EMSA; Promoter analysis; Sp 1; Transcription start site

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIC ACID; LUCIFERASE; MITHRAMYCIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INHIBITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; HELA CELL; HEPATOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; REPORTER GENE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SP1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSFECTION; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE DEHYDROGENASE;

EID: 22344453544     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvi082     Document Type: Article

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