Promoter activity of the beta-amyloid precursor protein gene is negatively modulated by an upstream regulatory element

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 32-41

  Lahiri, Debomoy K ^a   Nall, Christina ^a   Ge, Yuan Wen ^a  

^a Institute of Psychiatry Research   (United States)

Author keywords

APP; Beta peptide; Gel shift assay; Gene regulation; Nuclear factor; Transcription

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; NUCLEAR FACTOR;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFECTION; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA CELL; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAT;

AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL LINE; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; INTRONS; MACACA MULATTA; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEURONS; PC12 CELLS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

FELIS CATUS; TRIXIS;

EID: 0033050955     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(99)00150-3     Document Type: Article

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