Cloning the 5′ flanking region of neuron-specific Hel-N1: Evidence for positive regulatory elements governing cell-specific transcription

Brain Research

Volumn 723, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 141-147

  King, Peter H ^a  

^a The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloning; Gene regulation; Promoter; Transcription

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GLIA CELL; HELA CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION; HU PARANEOPLASTIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PC12 CELLS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0029995807     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00044-3     Document Type: Article

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