Genomic structure and characterization of the 5′-flanking region of the human ghrelin gene

Endocrinology

Volumn 145, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 4144-4153

  Kanamoto, Naotetsu ^a   Akamizu, Takashi ^a,b   Tagami, Tetsuya ^c   Hataya, Yuji ^a   Moriyama, Kenji ^a   Takaya, Kazuhiko ^b   Hosoda, Hiroshi ^b,d   Kojima, Masayasu ^d,e   Kangawa, Kenji ^b,d   Nakao, Kazuwa ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYOTO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^e KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GHRELIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; E BOX ELEMENT; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STOMACH; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

5' FLANKING REGION; BASE SEQUENCE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE HORMONES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; UPSTREAM STIMULATORY FACTORS;

EID: 4344606222     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2003-1718     Document Type: Article

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