Induction of vascular smooth muscle α-actin gene transcription in transforming growth factor β1-activated myofibroblasts mediated by dynamic interplay between the Pur repressor proteins and Sp1/Smad coactivators

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 4532-4543

  Subramanian, Sukanya V ^a   Polikandriotis, John A ^a   Kelm Jr , Robert J ^b   David, Jason J ^a   Orosz, Charles G ^a   Strauch, Arthur R ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CELL DNA; PROTEIN PURALPHA; PROTEIN PURBETA; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SMAD PROTEIN; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD3 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN COS7; DNA STRUCTURE; ENHANCER REGION; GENE INDUCTION; MOUSE; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; MICE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD PROTEINS; SP1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 4644308155     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E04-04-0348     Document Type: Article

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