Regulation of asparagine synthetase gene transcription by the basic region leucine zipper transcription factors ATF5 and CHOP

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 386, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 873-879

  Al Sarraj, Jude ^a   Vinson, Charles ^b   Thiel, Gerald ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid deprivation; Asparagine synthetase; ATF4; ATF5; CHOP; CREB2

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 5; ASPARTATE AMMONIA LIGASE; BICARBONATE; BUFFER; CYCLIC AMP; GROWTH ARREST AND DNA DAMAGE INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 153; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MALNUTRITION; REPORTER GENE; RNA ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; ASPARTATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; LEUCINE ZIPPERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CHOP; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 26844549125     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: 14316730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2005.102     Document Type: Article

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