A (G+C)-rich motif in the aldolase C promoter functions as a constitutive transcriptional enhancer element

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 237, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 311-317

  Cibelli, Giuseppe ^a   Schoch, Susanne ^a   Pajunk, Henrike ^a   Brand, Ingeborg A ^b   Thiel, Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aldolase C; Neuron specific transcription; Sp1; Synapsin I; zif268 egr 1

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; ISOENZYME; SYNAPSIN I; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0029988723     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0311n.x     Document Type: Article

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