4.5 kb of the rat tyrosine hydroxylase 5' flanking sequence directs tissue specific expression during development and contains consensus sites for multiple transcription factors

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 1-14

  Schimmel, Jonathan J ^a   Crews, Lee ^c   Roffler Tarlov, Suzanne ^a   Chikaraishi, Dona M ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Alkaline phosphatase; Antigen retrieval; Catecholamine; Gene expression; Gli; Nurr1; Ptx3; Sequence analysis; SHH; Sonic hedgehog; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE PLACENTA ISOENZYME; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FAMILY; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW; SPINAL GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ERINACEIDAE; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0033380674     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(99)00234-X     Document Type: Article

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