Parameters influencing ectopic gene expression in Aplysia neurons

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-32

  Kaang, Bong Kiun ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

galactosidase; AP 1 enhancer element; Aplysia neurons; DNA microinjection; firefly luciferase; ganglion culture; gene transfer; transcription factor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE;

ANIMALS; APLYSIA; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; DNA; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; LUCIFERASES; MICROINJECTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP-1;

EID: 0030604221     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(96)13279-1     Document Type: Article

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