Egr-1 is a major vascular pathogenic transcription factor in atherosclerosis and restenosis

Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 249-254

  Blaschke, Florian ^a   Bruemmer, Dennis ^a   Law, Ronald E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; Egr 1; restenosis; transcription factor

Indexed keywords

EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RESTENOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 3142516035     PISSN: 13899155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:REMD.0000032413.88756.ee     Document Type: Article

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