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A GC-box is required for expression of the human vimentin gene.
Gene - 22 Jul 1999
Izmailova E S, Wieczorek E, Perkins E B, Zehner Z E
Abstract excerpt
Vimentin is an intermediate filament protein normally expressed in cells of mesenchymal origin. The promoter of the human vimentin gene (-1416 to +73) was shown to contain two positive-acting regions, separated by a negative region, and at least eight GC-boxes as determined by sequence homology (Rittling, S.R., Baserga, R., 1987. Mol. Cell. Biol. 7, 3908-3915). We have analyzed the region -900 to +41 for protein...
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