Transcriptional activation of human choline acetyltransferase by AP2- and NGF-induced factors

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 165-174

  Quirin Stricker, Christiane ^a   Mauvais, Claudine ^a   Schmitt, Michèle ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

AP2 dbcAMP; Human choline acetyltransferase; NGFI A; NGFI C; Promoter; Transactivation

Indexed keywords

8 BROMO CYCLIC AMP; ACETYLCHOLINE; BUCLADESINE; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; DIBUTYRYL CYCLIC GMP; N [2 (4 BROMOCINNAMYLAMINO)ETHYL] 5 ISOQUINOLINESULFONAMIDE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; OKADAIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BUCLADESINE; CELL LINE; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; COS CELLS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 2; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENES, IMMEDIATE-EARLY; HUMANS; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP-2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0030656247     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(97)00141-1     Document Type: Article

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