Functional characterization of the murine serotonin transporter gene promoter in serotonergic raphe neurons

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 932-939

  Heils, Armin ^a   Wichems, Christine ^b   Mössner, Rainald ^a   Petri, Susanne ^a   Glatz, Katharina ^a   Bengel, Dietmar ^a   Murphy, Dennis L ^b   Lesch, Klaus Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal promoter; Cell selective expression; Cis acting elements; Murine serotonin transporter gene; Serotonergic raphe neurons; TATA like motif

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE; PROTEIN KINASE C; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL SPECIFICITY; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; FETUS; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAPHE NUCLEUS; RAT; REPORTER GENE; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SILENCER GENE; TATA BOX;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0031889826     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1998.70030932.x     Document Type: Article

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