CpG methylation at the USF-binding site is important for the liver-specific transcription of the chipmunk HP-27 gene

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 395, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 203-209

  Fujii, Gen ^a   Nakamura, Yuki ^a   Tsukamoto, Daisuke ^a   Ito, Michihiko ^a   Shiba, Tadayoshi ^a   Takamatsu, Nobuhiko ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chipmunk; CpG methylation; Hibernation; HP 27 gene; Tissue specific transcription; Upstream stimulatory factor (USF)

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; ANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DNA; IMMUNOLOGY; TISSUE; YEAST;

CHIPMUNK; CPG METHYLATION; HIBERNATION; HP-27 GENE; LIVER-SPECIFIC TRANSCRIPTION; TISSUE-SPECIFIC TRANSCRIPTION; UPSTREAM STIMULATORY FACTOR (USF);

GENES;

DINUCLEOTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UPSTREAM STIMULATORY FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL STRAIN COS7; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CPG ISLAND; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA LIBRARY; DNA METHYLATION; E BOX ELEMENT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEART; HIBERNATION; HP 27 GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KIDNEY; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; BLOOD PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EXONS; LIVER; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RESPONSE ELEMENTS; SCIURIDAE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UPSTREAM STIMULATORY FACTORS;

EID: 33645572320     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20051802     Document Type: Article

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