57Arg in the bHLH transcription factor DEC2 is essential for the suppression of CLOCK/BMAL2-mediated transactivation

International Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1053-1056

  Kondo, Jun ^a,b   Sato, Fuyuki ^a   Fujimoto, Katsumi ^c   Kusumi, Tomomi ^a   Imanaka, Tadanobu ^d   Kawamoto, Takeshi ^c   Uk, Bhawal ^c   Noshiro, Mitsuhide ^c   Kato, Yukio ^c   Sato, Tatsusuke ^b   Kijima, Hiroshi ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

bHLH; BMAL2; Circadian rhythm; CLOCK; DEC2

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ARNTL2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BHLHB3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; LUCIFERASE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CHEMISTRY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE REPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; REPORTER GENE; TRANSACTIVATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; ARGININE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENES, REPORTER; LUCIFERASES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NIH 3T3 CELLS; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 33745713607     PISSN: 11073756     EISSN: 1791244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.17.6.1053     Document Type: Article

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