Inducible cyclic AMP early repressor protein in rat pinealocytes: A highly sensitive natural reporter for regulated gene transcription

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 279-289

  Pfeffer, Martina ^a   Maronde, Erik ^a   Molina, Carlos A ^b   Korf, Horst Werner ^a   Stehle, Jörg H ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DERIVATIVE; ARALKYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; BETA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYPOPHYSIS ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; ISOPRENALINE; MELATONIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NORADRENALIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MALE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PINEALOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; RAT;

EID: 0032783286     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.56.2.279     Document Type: Article

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