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Lung surfactant protein B promoter function is dependent on the helical phasing, orientation and combinatorial actions of cis-DNA elements.
Gene - 9 Jan 2002
Alam M Nurul, Berhane Kiflu, Boggaram Vijayakumar
Abstract excerpt
Surfactant protein B (SP-B), a hydrophobic protein of lung surfactant, is essential for surfactant function, normal respiration and survival. SP-B is expressed in a cell-type specific manner by the alveolar type II and bronchiolar (Clara) epithelial cells of the lung and is developmentally induced. Our previous studies showed that the activity of the rabbit SP-B minimal promoter (-236/+39 bp) is dependent on the...
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