Two alternative promoters direct neuron-specific expression of the rat microtubule-associated protein 1B gene

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 5026-5036

  Liu, Dong ^a   Fischer, Itzhak ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

alternative promoters; cAMP response element; gene expression; MAP1B; TATA box; transcription; transient transfection

Indexed keywords

MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 5;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CYTOSKELETON; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; START CODON; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 0029743053     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-16-05026.1996     Document Type: Article

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