Transcription of the T-Cell Potassium Channel Kv1.3 Is Regulated by a GC-Rich TATA-Less Promoter

Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 243-250

  Simon, Mariella ^a   Conley, Edward C ^c   Shelton, Philip A ^c   Gutman, George A ^b   Chandy, K George ^a  

^a Departments of Physiology and Biophysics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GC rich; Intronless; Kv1.3; Potassium channel; Promoters; T cells; TATA less; Transcription

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TATA BOX;

EID: 0030966320     PISSN: 10158987     EISSN: 14219778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000154879     Document Type: Article

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