No Effect of Expression of Neuron-Restrictive Silencer Factor (NRSF) Protein on N-Type Ca2+ Channel α1B Gene Promoter Activity in NS20Y Cells

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 600-605

  Kim, Dong Sun ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

1B Gene; HeLa Cells; NRSE; NRSF; NS20Y Cells; Voltage sensitive Calcium Channel

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RE1 SILENCING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; RE1-SILENCING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HELA CELL; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEUROBLASTOMA; PATHOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; NEUROBLASTOMA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0032585096     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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