Two polypyrimidine tracts in the nitric oxide synthase 2 gene: Similar regulatory sequences with different properties

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 2021-2030

  Motallebipour, Mehdi ^a   Rada Iglesias, Alvaro ^a,c   Westin, Gunnar ^b   Wadelius, Claes ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

HnRNPs; NOS2; Polypyrimidines; Transcriptional regulation; Triplex DNA

Indexed keywords

DNA; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN K; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NUCLEASE S1; POLYPYRIMIDINE TRACT BINDING PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; HISTONE; MICROSATELLITE DNA; NOS2A PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRON; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BINDING;

BASE SEQUENCE; HEP G2 CELLS; HETEROGENEOUS-NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; HISTONES; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 77953169017     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-009-9653-9     Document Type: Article

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