CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein gamma (C/EBPγ) is a

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that in humans is encoded by the ''CEBPG''

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. This gene has no

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s. The C/EBP family of transcription factors regulates viral and cellular CCAAT/enhancer element-mediated transcription. C/EBP proteins contain the

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region, which is characterized by two motifs in the C-terminal half of the protein: a basic region involved in DNA binding and a

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motif involved in dimerization. The C/EBP family consist of several related proteins, C/EBPα, C/EBPβ, C/EBPγ, C/EBPδ, C/EBPζ, and

C/EBPε CCAAT/enhancer binding protein (C/EBP), epsilon, also known as CEBPE and CRP1, is a type of ccaat-enhancer-binding protein. CEBPE is its human gene and is pro-apoptotic. The protein encoded by this gene is a bZIP transcription factor which can ...

, that form homodimers and that form heterodimers with each other. CCAAT/enhancer binding protein gamma may cooperate with Fos to bind the positive regulatory element-I (PRE-I) enhancer elements. C/EBPγ forms heterodimer with

ATF4 Activating transcription factor 4 (tax-responsive enhancer element B67), also known as ATF4, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''ATF4'' gene. Function This gene encodes a transcription factor that was originally identified as a w ...

for transcriptional activation of target genes in

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specifically to amino acid starvation. C/EBPγ along with its regulator, the trauma-induced transcription factor

EGR1 EGR-1 (Early growth response protein 1) or NGFI-A (nerve growth factor-induced protein A) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''EGR1'' gene. EGR-1 is a mammalian transcription factor. It was also named Krox-24, TIS8, and ZENK. It was or ...

, plays an important role in the development of

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and mechanical hypersensitivity after some types of

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