Identification of hamster inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) promoter sequences that influence basal and inducible iNOS expression

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 205-218

  Saldarriaga, Omar A ^a,b,c   Travi, Bruno L ^a,b   Choudhury, Goutam Ghosh ^a,b   Melby, Peter C ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

C EBP ; NF IL 6; NOS2; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN DELTA; GAMMA INTERFERON; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; HAMSTER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CRICETINAE; CYTOKINES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LUCIFERASES; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NF-KAPPA B; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SPLEEN; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION;

CRICETINAE; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS; MUS;

EID: 84863487251     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1189/jlb.1010568     Document Type: Article

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