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Identification of a cis-acting element responsible for negative regulation of the human UDP-glucose dehydrogenase gene expression.
Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry - 1 Feb 2006
Vatsyayan Jaya, Lin Ching-Ting, Peng Hwei-Ling, Chang Hwan-You
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The enzyme UDP-glucose dehydrogenase (UGDH) catalyzes the conversion of UDP-glucose to UDP-glucuronic acid, which is essential for the biosynthesis of complex carbohydrates such as hyaluronan in many cell types, and is required for detoxification of toxic compounds in the liver. We previously defined the 714 bp 5'-flanking region of the UGDH gene as the core promoter, with putative negative regulatory elements...
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