The scl +18/19 Stem Cell Enhancer Is Not Required for Hematopoiesis: Identification of a 5′ Bifunctional Hematopoietic-Endothelial Enhancer Bound by Fli-1 and Elf-1

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1870-1883

  Göttgens, Berthold ^a   Broccardo, Cyril ^a   Sanchez, Maria Jose ^a,e,f   Deveaux, Sophie ^a   Murphy, George ^b   Göthert, Joachim R ^c   Kotsopoulou, Ekaterini ^a   Kinston, Sarah ^a   Delaney, Liz ^a   Piltz, Sandie ^a   Barton, Linda M ^a   Knezevic, Kathy ^a   Erber, Wendy N ^a   Begley, C Glenn ^d   Frampton, Jonathan ^b   Green, Anthony R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d AMGEN INC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^f CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ELF 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FLI 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SCL TAL 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIFUNCTIONAL HEMATOPOIETIC ENDOTHELIAL ENHANCER; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; EMBRYO; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENHANCER REGION; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; KNOCKOUT GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; SCL GENE; SCL STEM CELL ENHANCER;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL LINEAGE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYO; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REPORTER; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEIN C-FLI-1; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 2942526253     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.24.5.1870-1883.2004     Document Type: Article

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