Expression and promoter analysis of a highly restricted integrin alpha gene in vascular smooth muscle

Gene

Volumn 513, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 82-89

  Kitchen, Chad M ^a   Cowan, Sarah L ^a   Long, Xiaochun ^a   Miano, Joseph M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative genomics; Gene expression; Integrin; Myocardin; Promoter; Transcription

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTEGRIN; ITGA8; MESSENGER RNA; MYOCARDIN; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INTEGRIN ALPHA CHAINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 84872378657     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2012.10.073     Document Type: Article

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