Mechanisms of MEOX1 and MEOX2 regulation of the cyclin dependent kinase inhibitors p21 CIP1/WAF1 and p16 INK4a in vascular endothelial cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Douville, Josette M ^a,b   Cheung, David Y C ^a   Herbert, Krista L ^a   Moffatt, Teri ^a   Wigle, Jeffrey T ^a,b  

^a ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 1; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 2A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MEOX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MEOX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 1A; DNA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MEOX1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; MEOX2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL AGING; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE CONTROL; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; ANIMAL; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CYTOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELL;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL AGING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR P16; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR P21; DNA; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HEK293 CELLS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMAN UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MICE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SP1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 83755228645     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029099     Document Type: Article

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