Novel structure of the human GDNF gene

Brain Research

Volumn 803, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 95-104

  Woodbury, Dale ^a   Schaar, Dale G ^a   Ramakrishnan, Lakshmi ^a   Black, Ira B ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

GDNF; Gene regulation; Genomic structure; Promoter; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL CULTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PURKINJE CELL; RODENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TATA BOX;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CODON, INITIATOR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; HUMANS; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 0032563680     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00627-1     Document Type: Article

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