Involucrin expression in the corneal epithelium: An essential role for Sp1 transcription factors

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 3109-3120

  Adhikary, Gautam ^a   Crish, James F ^a   Gopalakrishnan, Ramamurthy ^a   Bone, Frederic ^a   Eckert, Richard L ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; INVOLUCRIN; NUCLEAR FACTOR; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP3; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; SP3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SP3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STEM CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MIDDLE AGED; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SP1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; SP3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 27244440006     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.05-0053     Document Type: Article

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