Rat arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase gene: Upstream and intronic components of a bipartite promoter

Biology of the Cell

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 699-705

  Baler, Ruben ^b   Covington, Simmons ^a   Klein, David C ^a  

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

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

AA NAT gene promoter; cAMP

Indexed keywords

ARALKYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; INTRON; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PINEALOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; RETINA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033402722     PISSN: 02484900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0248-4900(00)88533-0     Document Type: Article

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