Identification and analysis of the promoter region of the human neuroD- related factor (NDRF)

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Structure and Expression

Volumn 1445, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 142-147

  Kitamura, Takeshi ^a   Miyachi, Takafumi ^a   Nakamura, Shigenobu ^a   Kawakami, Hideshi ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basic helix loop helix; E box; NeuroD related factor NeuroD2 KW8; Neurogenesis; Promoter

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE; NEURO D RELATED FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL LINE; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; HUMANS; LOD SCORE; LUCIFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROPEPTIDES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA, MESSENGER; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0033553142     PISSN: 01674781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4781(99)00038-X     Document Type: Article

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