A novel isoform of the orphan nuclear receptor RORβ is specifically expressed in pineal gland and retina

Gene

Volumn 216, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 277-283

  André, Elisabeth ^a   Gawlas, Katrin ^b   Steinmayr, Markus ^c   Becker André, Michael ^a  

^a SERONO PHARMACEUTICAL RES INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Circadian; N terminal; Transcriptional transactivation; Zinc finger

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; HORMONE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; LIGAND BINDING; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DARKNESS; DNA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONS; PINEAL GLAND; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RETINA; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032584910     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(98)00348-5     Document Type: Article

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