Identification and characterization of a 47 base pair activity-dependent enhancer of the rat nicotinic acetylcholine receptor δ-subunit promoter

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 3641-3651

  Walke, Wade ^a   Xiao, Guozhi ^a   Goldman, Daniel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

denervation; electrical activity; gene expression; muscle; promoter; transcription

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; GENE EXPRESSION; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

EID: 0029876035     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-11-03641.1996     Document Type: Article

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