Studying the effects of shear stress on the expression of tissue factor (TF) gene in cultured endothelial cells (ECs), the authors found that a GC-rich region of the promoter that contains EGR-1 and Sp1 sites is responsible for the shear stress induction of TF gene. The increased transcriptional activity is mediated through a novel mechanism of Sp1 phosphorylation, rather than DNA binding
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[Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 1999. 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Annual Fall Meetring of the Biomedical Engineering Society] BMES/EMBS Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the First Joint
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Date of Conference: 1999