Identification and characterization of potential cis-regulatory elements governing transcriptional activation of the rat tyrosine hydroxylase gene

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1358-1368

  Yang, Chunying ^a   Kim, Hee Sun ^a   Seo, Hyemyung ^a   Kim, Kwang Soo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell type specific transcription; Cis Regulatory elements; Cyclic AMP response element; Dopamine hydroxylase; Transcription factor Sp1; Transcriptional regulation; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RAT; REGULATOR GENE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0031666552     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1998.71041358.x     Document Type: Article

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