Elements between the protein-coding regions of the adjacent β4 and α3 acetylcholine receptor genes direct neuron-specific expression in the central nervous system

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 311-324

  Yang, Xiangdong ^a   Yang, Fei ^a   Fyodorov, Dmitry ^a   Wang, Feng ^a   McDonough, Jennifer ^a   Herrup, Karl ^a   Deneris, Evan ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cis acting elements; gene regulation; ligand gated ion channel gene; neuron specific regulation; neuronal nicotinic receptors; transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHANNEL GATING; CIS ISOMER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES; GENES, REPORTER; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; PC12 CELLS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; TRANSGENES;

EID: 0031052648     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(199703)32:3<311::AID-NEU5>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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