Expression and transcriptional regulation of the human α3 neuronal nicotinic receptor subunit in T lymphocyte cell lines

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1261-1270

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; Human; Neural system; Neuroimmunology; Nicotinic receptors; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

BUNGAROTOXIN; LUCIFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOID CELL; NERVE CELL; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0031845860     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1998.71031261.x     Document Type: Article

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