Early growth response 1 (EGR1): A gene with as many names as biological functions

Cancer Biology and Therapy

Volumn 8, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 1889-1892

  Thomas DeLigio, J ^a   Zorio, Diego A R ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

EGR1; Hematopoietic stem cells; Migration; Proliferation; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; GROWTH FACTOR;

CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 73549124293     PISSN: 15384047     EISSN: 15558576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cbt.8.20.9804     Document Type: Review

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