An evolutionarily conserved TNF-α-responsive enhancer in the far upstream region of human CCL2 locus influences its gene expression

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 186, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 7025-7038

  Bonello, Grégory B ^a,b   Pham, Minh Hieu ^a,b   Begum, Kazi ^a,b   Sigala, Jose ^a,b   Sataranatarajan, Kavithalakshmi ^a   Mummidi, Srinivas ^a,b  

^a SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; NUCLEOTIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CCL2 GENE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DOG; ENHANCER REGION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENOMICS; HORSE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RHESUS MONKEY;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CHEMOKINE CCL2; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; NF-KAPPA B; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 79959552550     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0900643     Document Type: Article

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