Structural and functional characterization of the human α3 nicotinic subunit gene promoter

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 250-261

  Fornasari, Diego ^a   Battaglioli, Elena ^a   Flora, Adriano ^a   Terzano, Susanna ^a   Clementi, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; LUCIFERASE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PLASMID DNA; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; RIBONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RECEPTOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 0031035848     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.51.2.250     Document Type: Article

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