Expression of the Oct-2 transcription factor in mouse mammary gland and cloning and characterization of a novel Oct-2 isoform

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 328, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 595-606

  Dong, Bing ^a   Zhao, Feng Qi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential splicing; Gene expression; Genomic organization; Mouse; Oct 2 isoforms; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA BINDING; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MAMMARY GLAND; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA SPLICING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COS CELLS; FEMALE; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-2; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 34247602637     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-006-0368-0     Document Type: Article

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