Transcriptional regulation of GABA(A) receptor γ2 subunit gene

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 137-147

  Mu, Weitong ^a   Burt, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepine; Gamma aminobutyric acid; Gene expression; NRSE; Promoter; Silencer

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE; METHIONINE; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LUCIFERASE; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHO CELL; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; BRAIN LEVEL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HELA CELL; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSACTIVATION;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BENZODIAZEPINES; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0033528664     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(99)00049-2     Document Type: Article

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