Neuronal-type NO synthase: Transcript diversity and expressional regulation

Nitric Oxide - Biology and Chemistry

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 337-349

  Boissel, Jean Paul ^a   Schwarz, Petra M ^a   Förstermann, Ulrich ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cellular expression; Gene structure; Protein stability; RNA stability; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; STEROID HORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 2;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 12; EXON; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN STABILITY; STRESS; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0032463748     PISSN: 10898603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/niox.1998.0189     Document Type: Article

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