Elevated cJUN expression and an ATF/CRE site within the ATF3 promoter contribute to activation of ATF3 transcription by the amino acid response

Physiological Genomics

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 127-137

  Fu, Lingchen ^a   Kilberg, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid limitation; ATF4; Gene expression; Liver; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 3; AMINO ACID; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; CRE RECOMBINASE; PROTEIN C JUN;

ARTICLE; ATF3 GENE; BINDING KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; GENE; GENE INDUCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 3; ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; AMINO ACIDS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEIN-BETA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HEP G2 CELLS; HISTIDINOL; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-JUN; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84874090546     PISSN: 10948341     EISSN: 15312267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00160.2012     Document Type: Article

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