Cloning and promoter activity of rat Smad1 5′-flanking region in rat hepatic stellate cells

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 304, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 227-234

  Sun, Yu ^a   Fan, Jianghong ^a   Shen, Hong ^a   Li, Ping ^b   Cattini, Peter ^c   Gong, Yuewen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b CHINA JAPAN FRIENDSHIP HOSPITAL   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cloning; Hepatic stellate cell; Promoter; Smad1

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; DNA; GUANINE; SMAD1 PROTEIN;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DNA FLANKING REGION; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE DELETION; LIVER CELL; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; STELLATE CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

5' FLANKING REGION; ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; HEPATOCYTES; LIVER; MALE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SMAD1 PROTEIN;

RATTUS;

EID: 34648846502     PISSN: 03008177     EISSN: 15734919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11010-007-9504-8     Document Type: Article

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