Transcriptional regulation and cell specificity determinants of the rat nicotinic acetylcholine receptor α3 gene

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 73-76

  Boyd, R Thomas ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cell specificity; forskolin; nicotinic receptor; PC12; phorbol ester; promoter; regulation; 3

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; FORSKOLIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PHORBOL ESTER; PROTEIN KINASE C;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAT;

EID: 0029960799     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12561-1     Document Type: Article

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