A newly identified enhancer element responsible for type II collagen gene expression

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 152, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 565-575

  Shinomura, Tamayuki ^a   Ito, Kazuo ^b   Höök, Magnus ^c   Kimura, James H ^d  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

chondrocytes; enhancer; extracellular matrix; gene expression; type II collagen

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 2; DNA FRAGMENT; GADOLINIUM CHLORIDE; GENOMIC DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE CELL; CHONDROSARCOMA; ENHANCER REGION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AGGRECANS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; COLLAGEN TYPE II; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RATS; SOX9 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

RATTUS;

EID: 84870884891     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: 17562651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvs110     Document Type: Article

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