The human D-glucuronyl C5-epimerase gene is transcriptionally activated through the β-catenin-TCF4 pathway

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 390, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 493-499

  Ghiselli, Giancarlo ^a,b   Agrawal, Amit ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

catenin TCF4; Colon carcinogenesis; Glucuronic acid (GlcA); Heparan sulphate; Iduronic acid; Wnt signalling

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYMES;

Β-CATENIN-TCF4; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; GLUCORONIC ACID (GLCA); HEPARAN SULPHATE; IDURONIC ACID; WNT SIGNALING;

GENES;

BETA CATENIN; EPIMERASE; GLUCURONIC ACID; GLUCURONYL C5 EPIMERASE; HEPARAN SULFATE; PROTEIN TCF4; T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL LINE; COLON CARCINOMA; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; EPIMERIZATION; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; BETA CATENIN; CARBOHYDRATE EPIMERASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENZYME INDUCTION; HCT116 CELLS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RESPONSE ELEMENTS; TCF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 25144509421     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20050152     Document Type: Article

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