Functional mapping of tissue-specific elements of the human α-fetoprotein gene enhancer

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 318, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 773-785

  Nakabayashi, Hidekazu ^a   Koyama, Yoshikazu ^a   Suzuki, Hiroshi ^b   Li, Hong Mei ^a   Sakai, Masaharu ^a   Miura, Yutaka ^c   Wong, Norman C W ^d   Nishi, Shinzo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fetoprotein; C EBP; Hepatocyte nuclear factor 1, 3, 4; Liver specific enhancer

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4; NUCLEAR FACTOR I; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ALBUMINS; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEINS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; COS CELLS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); FETUS; GENE COMPONENTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LIVER; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

RODENTIA;

EID: 2442495311     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.04.096     Document Type: Article

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