The active form of human aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) repressor lacks exon 8, and its Pro185 and Ala185 variants repress both AHR and hypoxia-inducible factor

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 3465-3477

  Karchner, Sibel I ^a   Jenny, Matthew J ^a   Tarrant, Ann M ^a   Evans, Brad R ^a,b   Hyo, Jin Kang ^c   Bae, Insoo ^c   Sherr, David H ^d   Hahn, Mark E ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR REPRESSOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1BETA; PREGNANE X RECEPTOR; PROLINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; EXON; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ALANINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROLINE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; RECEPTORS, STEROID; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

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EID: 67650074738     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.00206-09     Document Type: Article

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