Cell type-specific transcriptional regulation of the gene encoding importin-α1

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 317, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1970-1978

  Kamikawa, Yasunao ^a   Yasuhara, Noriko ^a   Yoneda, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Embryonic stem cells; Importin

Indexed keywords

CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; IMPORTIN ALPHA 1; KARYOPHERIN; KARYOPHERIN ALPHA; KARYOPHERIN ALPHA 2; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 2; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 4; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEOTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE PHASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 79960100240     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: 10902422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2011.05.024     Document Type: Article

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