FOXO1 activates glutamine synthetase gene in mouse skeletal muscles through a region downstream of 3’-UTR: Possible contribution to ammonia detoxification

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 307, Issue 6, 2014, Pages E485-E493

  Kamei, Yasutomi ^a,b   Hattori, Maki ^a   Hatazawa, Yukino ^a,b   Kasahara, Tomomi ^a   Kanou, Masanobu ^a   Kanai, Sayaka ^a   Yuan, Xunmei ^a   Suganami, Takayoshi ^a   Lamers, Wouter H ^c   Kitamura, Tadahiro ^d   Ogawa, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

3= untranslated region; Amino acid; Ammonia; Forkhead box protein O1; Gene regulation; Skeletal muscle metabolism; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FKHR; FORKHEAD BOX PROTEIN O1; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXO1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; GLUTAMINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; DIET RESTRICTION; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENE MUTATION; MOUSE; MUSCLE LEVEL; MYOBLAST; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; 3′-UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE METABOLISM; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

3′-UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; FORKHEAD BOX PROTEIN O1; GENE REGULATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE METABOLISM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMINE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PLASMIDS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84907728719     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00177.2014     Document Type: Article

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