An region upstream of the gene promoter for the β-amyloid precursor protein interacts with proteins from nuclear extracts of the human brain and PC12 cells

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 58, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 112-122

  Lahiri, Debomoy K ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

APP promoter; Alzheimer's disease; Beta amyloid precursor protein; Gel shift assay; Gene regulation; NF B; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; BRAIN PROTEIN; DNA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN REGION; CELL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATOR GENE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; BRAIN; CELL NUCLEUS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; PC12 CELLS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRETINOIN;

EID: 0032527764     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(98)00115-6     Document Type: Article

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