Regulation of insulin gene transcription by the immediate-early growth response gene Egr-1

Endocrinology

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2923-2935

  Eto, Kazuhiro ^a   Kaur, Varinderpal ^a   Thomas, Melissa K ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; INSULIN; MESSENGER RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PDX 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; DNA; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INSULIN; MICE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 33646803791     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2005-1336     Document Type: Article

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