Expression of the α4 integrin subunit gene promoter is modulated by the transcription factor Pax-6 in corneal epithelial cells

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1692-1704

  Zaniolo, Karine ^a   Leclerc, Steeve ^a   Cvekl, Ales ^b   Vallières, Luc ^a   Bazin, Richard ^b   Larouche, Kathy ^a   Guérin, Sylvain L ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA4 INTEGRIN; FIBRONECTIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; EYE PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DNA FLANKING REGION; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WOUND HEALING; ANIMAL; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; RABBIT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL COUNT; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYE PROTEINS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INTEGRIN ALPHA4; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RABBITS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 3042582472     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.03-0908     Document Type: Article

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