... transcription factorsthat bind to AP-1 or FIN-1 o r that inactive b inding ortransactivation capacity of, for example, FIN-1 and USF-1,could explain activation or inhibition of FiRE. From ourresults, ... of bFGF (Eur. J. Biochem. 269) 509The bFGF binding requires speci®c motifs on highlysulfated HS chains. Sodium chlorate, in inducing structuralalteration of HS chains, prevents the bFGF binding. ... mM).Before RNA extraction, cells were incubated for 24 heither in the absence or in prese nce of FSH, dbcAMP,cholera toxin or bFGF, either in combination with FSH ordbcAMP or cholera toxin and...