Run-on gene transcription in human neocortical nuclei: Inhibition by nanomolar aluminum and implications for neurodegenerative disease

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-78

  Lukiw, Walter J ^a   LeBlanc, Hector J ^b   Carver, Larry A ^b   McLachlan, Donald R C ^c   Bazan, Nicolas G ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alu; Aluminum; Alzheimer's disease (AD); Brain transcription; GFAP; NFL; RNA polymerase I (RNAP I); RNA polymerase II (RNAP II); Run on gene transcription

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II; URIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; EUCHROMATIN; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; ISOTOPE LABELING; NEOCORTEX; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROFILAMENT; RNA SYNTHESIS;

MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0031733707     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/JMN:11:1:67     Document Type: Article

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