See Also: transcription factor ap-1(medicine)
Transcription factor(medicine)
transcription factor, sp1(medicine)
erythroid transcription factor(medicine)
sorbinose(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Transcription(medicine)
transcription(dictionary)
transcription(dictionary)
Transcription(health)

transcription factor, sp1 (medicine) and sorbinose (medicine)


transcription factor, sp1 (medicine)


transcription factor, sp1
Promoter-specific RNA polymerase II transcription factor that binds to the gc box, one of the upstream promoter elements (upe) in mammalian cells. The binding of sp1 is necessary to initiate transcription in the promoters of a variety of cellular and viral genes including c-ha-ras and HIV.


sorbinose (medicine)


sorbinose -->
l-sorbose


A very sweet reducing, but not fermentable, 2-ketohexose obtained from the berries of the mountain ash, Sorbus aucuparia (family Rosaceae), and from sorbitol by fermentation with Acetobacter suboxydans; l-sorbose is epimeric with d-fructose and is used in the manufacture of vitamin C.

Synonym: sorbin, sorbinose, sorbitose.