Amino-acid limitation induces transcription from the human C/EBPβ gene via an enhancer activity located downstream of the protein coding sequence

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 391, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 649-658

  Chen, Chin ^a   Dudenhausen, Elizabeth ^a   Chen, Hong ^a   Pan, Yuan Xiang ^a   Gjymishka, Altin ^a   Kilberg, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activating transcription factor 3 (ATF3); Activating transcription factor 4 (ATF4); Amino acid response element (AARE); Basic leucine zipper (bZIP); CCAAT enhancer binding protein (C EBP); nutrient starvation

Indexed keywords

CELLS; GENES; PROTEINS; RNA;

AMINO ACID RESPONSE (AAR); DIETARY PROTEINS; PROTEIN CODING;

AMINO ACIDS;

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 3; ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; AMINO ACID; ASPARTATE AMMONIA LIGASE; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN BETA; GENOMIC DNA; MESSENGER RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; ENHANCER REGION; ENZYME BINDING; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEPATOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; STEADY STATE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; AMINO ACIDS; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEIN-BETA; CELL LINE, TUMOR; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE DELETION; HUMANS; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 27744505128     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20050882     Document Type: Article

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