Identification and transgenic analysis of a murine promoter that targets cholinergic neuron expression

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-28

  Naciff, Jorge M ^a   Behbehani, Michael M ^a   Misawa, Hidemi ^b   Dedman, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Choline acetyltransferase; Choline acetyltransferase promoter; Cholinergic neurons; Vesicular acetylcholine transporter

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; TARGET CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENES, REPORTER; LAC OPERON; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD; TRANSGENES; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0032925296     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1999.0720017.x     Document Type: Article

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