A CRE/AP-1-like motif is essential for induced syncytin-2 expression and fusion in human trophoblast-like model

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Toufaily, Chirine ^a,b   Lokossou, Adjimon Gatien ^a   Vargas, Amandine ^a,c   Rassart, Éric ^a   Barbeau, Benoit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; FORSKOLIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; SYNCYTIN 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR JUND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; JUND PROTEIN, HUMAN; PLACENTA PROTEIN; PROTEIN C JUN; SYNCYTIN 2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL FUSION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PLACENTA; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TRANSACTIVATION; TROPHOBLAST; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIF; PHYSIOLOGY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ADULT; CELL FUSION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIFS; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-JUN; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 84925014574     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121468     Document Type: Article

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