Agonistic and antagonistic action of AP2, Msx2, Pax6, Prox1 and Six3 in the regulation of Sox2 expression

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 301-309

  Lengler, Johannes ^a   Bittner, Tobias ^b   Münster, Doris ^b   Gawad, Alaa El Din A ^c   Graw, Jochen ^b  

^a Austrianova   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

AP2; Eye development; Msx2; Pax6; Prox1; Reporter gene assay; Six3; Sox2; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MSX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PROX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HEK293; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SOX2; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HMGB PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PLASMIDS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 27344446379     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000087774     Document Type: Article

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