Cloning, sequencing and functional studies of the gene encoding human GTP cyclohydrolase I

Gene

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 285-290

  Witter, Klaus ^a   Werner, Thomas ^a   Blusch, Jürgen H ^a   Schneider, Eva Maria ^a   Riess, Olaf ^b   Ziegler, Irmgard ^a   Rödl, Wolfgang ^a   Bacher, Adelbert ^c   Gütlich, Markus ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

5' RACE; Interferon ; Promoter; Sp1; Tetrahydrobiopterin

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GAMMA INTERFERON; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE CYCLOHYDROLASE I;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFECTION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RECOMBINANT GENE; REGULATOR GENE; REPORTER GENE; START CODON; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0029882922     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(95)00886-1     Document Type: Article

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