Transcriptional networks driving enhancer function in the CFTR gene

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 446, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 203-212

  Kerschner, Jenny L ^a,b   Harris, Ann ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S MEMORIAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cis acting regulatory element; Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (cftr); Enhancer; Gene expression; Transcriptional network

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 1; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3ALPHA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3BETA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX2; TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL TYPE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; COLON CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTESTINE CELL; INTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOOTPRINTING; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; REPORTER GENE;

CELL LINE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; ENTEROCYTES; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 1-ALPHA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTRONS; MUTANT PROTEINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 84865174240     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20120693     Document Type: Article

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