Genetic targeting: The serotonin N-acetyltransferase promoter imparts circadian expression selectively in the pineal gland and retina of transgenic rats

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1343-1349

  Burke, Zoe ^a   Wells, Tim ^a   Carter, David ^a   Klein, David ^b   Baler, Ruben ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Pineal gland; Rat arylalkylamine N acetyltransferase promoter; Retina

Indexed keywords

ARALKYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; RETINA; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ARYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; INTRONS; LIGHT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PINEAL GLAND; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RETINA; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032846281     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1999.0731343.x     Document Type: Article

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