Binding of serum response factor to cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator CArG-like elements, as a new potential CFTR transcriptional regulation pathway

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 33, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 5271-5290

  René, Céline ^a   Taulan, Magali ^a   Iral, Florence ^a   Doudement, Julien ^a   L'Honoré, Aurore L ^b,c   Gerbon, Catherine ^a   Demaille, Jacques ^b   Claustres, Mireille ^a   Romey, Marie Catherine ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (France)

^c CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; CFTR PROTEIN, HUMAN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ERYTHROID SPECIFIC DNA BINDING FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR YY1; YY1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL; BRONCHUS; CELL LINE; CHROMATIN; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUSCLE CELL; PROMOTER REGION; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; SERUM RESPONSIVE ELEMENT;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BRONCHI; CELL LINE; CHROMATIN; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ERYTHROID-SPECIFIC DNA-BINDING FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE CELLS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; SERUM RESPONSE ELEMENT; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; YY1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 24944435418     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gki837     Document Type: Article

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