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Upstream stimulatory factor but not c-Myc enhances transcription of the human polymeric immunoglobulin receptor gene.
Molecular immunology - 1 Jan 2004
Bruno Maria E C, West Ryan B, Schneeman Tracey A, Bresnick Emery H, Kaetzel Charlotte S
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Secretory antibodies protect mucosal surfaces from ingested, inhaled and sexually transmitted pathogens. The polymeric immunoglobulin receptor (pIgR) transports antibodies across mucosal epithelia into external secretions. We and others have identified a region of the human polymeric immunoglobulin receptor gene (locus PIGR) that is sufficient for basal transcriptional activity. An E-Box motif, which binds...
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