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Synergy between transcription factors DBP and C/EBP compensates for a haemophilia B Leyden factor IX mutation.
Nature genetics - 1 Feb 1993
Picketts D J, Lillicrap D P, Mueller C R
Abstract excerpt
Haemophilia B Leyden is characterized by low childhood levels of factor IX which gradually increase after puberty, eventually resulting in a return to health. The disease is the result of single nucleotide substitutions within a 40 bp region encompassing the major transcriptional start site. We have characterized transcription factor binding sites within the factor IX promoter. Five sites were identified and a...
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